Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Socialist State
If you're ever owned a condo. you'll be glad to hear that the FCC has banned cable companies from locking building into exclusive contracts. This is great news. Cause last i checked, we didn't live in a socialist state, and in a democracy, monopolizing was still considered anti capitalist.
I've had a few condos that only offered Rogers. and if you didn't want Rogers, then you were SoL. your choice was to not have cable, have Rogers, or not live there (kind of too late after you're already bought the damn thing).
I had already said that the next condo i buy, i will make sure that in my contract it stipulated that they could not force me to use THEIR choice of cable provider (or internet too, cause a lot of condos have the same raw deal for internet, like you could only have TELUS - communist much?). and i'm sure i wouldn't really get anywhere with the condo corp if i tried to have those particular clauses put in, but then, i don't have to buy that condo. I'm not about to let corporations tell me who i can use to provide me with services (its bad enough the condo board committee is packed with idiots and they try to dictate - YES DICTATE - what colour curtains i'm going to hang on my windows b/c they all have to look unison from outside - TOTALITARIAN much?).
so this decision is a great precedent that will guide the light in some sanity.
oh, p.s., who still thinks we live in a democratic state?
I've had a few condos that only offered Rogers. and if you didn't want Rogers, then you were SoL. your choice was to not have cable, have Rogers, or not live there (kind of too late after you're already bought the damn thing).
I had already said that the next condo i buy, i will make sure that in my contract it stipulated that they could not force me to use THEIR choice of cable provider (or internet too, cause a lot of condos have the same raw deal for internet, like you could only have TELUS - communist much?). and i'm sure i wouldn't really get anywhere with the condo corp if i tried to have those particular clauses put in, but then, i don't have to buy that condo. I'm not about to let corporations tell me who i can use to provide me with services (its bad enough the condo board committee is packed with idiots and they try to dictate - YES DICTATE - what colour curtains i'm going to hang on my windows b/c they all have to look unison from outside - TOTALITARIAN much?).
so this decision is a great precedent that will guide the light in some sanity.
oh, p.s., who still thinks we live in a democratic state?
Labels: big business, capitalism, democracy, FCC, law
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