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[ NNSquad ] Virginia ISP Locks Customers Into 25-75 Year Contracts; Sues Everybody When Monopoly Threatened
Virginia ISP Locks Customers Into 25-75 Year Contracts; Sues Everybody
When Monopoly Threatened
http://j.mp/13Zn5GM (Techdirt)
"With help from a local developer, OpenBand apparently convinced a lot
of communities to sign exclusive franchise agreements that ran for
between 25 to 75 years. While users in these developments could sign
up for other TV or broadband services, they still had to pay the $150
monthly association fee to OpenBand. If you can lock customers into a
contract that runs their entire lifetime, you're hardly going to be
providing top notch service. Why? Because the pressure provided by
competition is no longer an issue. OpenBand did what most companies
would do in this situation -- nothing."
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At least the residents didn't have to (quite) sign away their souls.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
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- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
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