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- From: tweek@netcom.com (Michael D. Maxfield)
- Subject: Re: Cable Bill Rip-off
- Message-ID: <1992Oct7.233941.9661@netcom.com>
- Organization: Movement to Ban or Re-Regulate the CABLE MONOPOLIES
- References: <1992Oct6.165315.13389@netcom.com> <Bvq7Dx.HAz@rice.edu> <Bvrros.8w7@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 23:39:41 GMT
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- In article <Bvrros.8w7@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan) writes:
- >
- >HUH??? I thought it was an either/or thing. Either the cable companies
- >rebroadcast the over-the-air stations and pay, or they don't carry the
-
- sort of... 1) Carry the station under MUST CARRY
- UNLESS
- 2) The station may request retransmission consent whereby:
- a) reach an agreement to carry the station
- or b) decline to carry the station at all
-
- I rebutted/flamed the original post already
-
- >A summary of the bill was posted here recently. Anybody save it? I think
- >it should be reposted lest we start arguing over things which the law
- >may not even say.
-
- I still have a ascii copy of S-12 as it was before the final House/Senate
- conference. If anyone wants it, email me. I will be attempting to get a
- copy of the new law, however I don't think I want to retype it all in. If
- there are not that many changes between the original and the rewrite (There
- should not be that many changes) I may compare and diff the original to get
- the current law.
-
- tweek@netcom.com tweek@tweekco.uucp WWIVNet 5@5058 4@5056
- I'd rather get my cable service from the phone company,
- than my phone service from the cable company.
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