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Ovaltene17 t1_iv0ovmu wrote

I would think since most of Worcester's residential internet is using the same physical infrastructure as the Cable TV is, that this meeting would include internet access as well.

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KadenKraw t1_iv0qmzg wrote

Yeah I don't use cable tv but of course have internet. Wondering if I should go still

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wildthing202 t1_iv1fk3c wrote

It won't believe me. I'm part of a different town's cable committee and despite wanting to bring up internet, the contract is about nothing but cable TV.

This is our town's last agreement - https://www.mass.gov/doc/douglas-charter-1113/download Nothing but cable.

I also find it hilarious that people think the people were bribed or something. It's a forced marriage. It's going to be Charter/Spectrum until the company gets bought out by Comcast or some other company thinking otherwise is just foolish thanks to the collusion of these companies.

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NotJustinTrottier t1_iv26jyk wrote

>I also find it hilarious that people think the people were bribed or something. It's a forced marriage.

This is a distinction without a difference. People are expressing that public input is a circus, we're not represented in this matter, the conclusion is foregone, and you're... saying the same thing but insisting on different words.

> Nothing but cable.

Another neat but meaningless trick, really. When these companies are severed so there's an ISP and a separate cable provider, then we can pretend these are separate contracts and services. They're all subsidizing their shitty, bloated cable service by driving up our internet bills. They're all respecting each other's regional monopolies, too; other ISPs won't move in to compete so long as Charter has a de facto monopoly on "cable" (and ISP) service.

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