Thank you BOD!

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I have to complement the BOD when they do the right thing given how critical I can be.  They sent this out tonight.  What is important in here is that the BOD will be asking the county NOT to renew the franchise.  This is the right move and a long time coming.

 

Text of blast:

 

OpenBand Franchise Renewal - Board of Supervisors Public Input Session

Attention Residents:

Consideration of the OpenBand franchise renewal is on the Board of Supervisors' agenda for action during their regular business meeting this week. Residents will have an opportunity to comment on the OpenBand Franchise Renewal tomorrow night, November 1, 2011 beginning as early as 6:30pm. Please take the opportunity to appear and speak to your position on the matter in public or to write the Board of Supervisors at bos@loudoun.gov.

The LOTP Board of Directors is today writing a letter to the BOS requesting denial of OpenBand's franchise renewal.


Last Friday, October 28th, oral arguments for OpenBand's Motion to Dismiss our lawsuit were heard in federal court in Alexandria. Judge Trenga did not rule from the bench. He is preparing a formal, written decision to be handed down soon.
All motions and responses as well as the lawsuit may be found on the community website, www.lansdownehoa.com.

Link to Agenda, Public Input Session November 1, 2011 6pm Public input may begin as early as 6:30pm

http://www.loudoun.gov/controls/speerio/resources/RenderContent.aspx?data=20c4db74db4245a8a503ba57410cc520&tabid=312&fmpath=%2fBusiness+Meeting+Packets%2f2011%2f11-01-11+and+11-02-11+BOS+Meeting+Packets%2f

Link to OpenBand item:

http://www.loudoun.gov/controls/speerio/resources/RenderContent.aspx?data=a6c5d866031a40b28d9ab02eebb27970&tabid=312&fmpath=%2fBusiness+Meeting+Packets%2f2011%2f11-01-11+and+11-02-11+BOS+Meeting+Packets%2f

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Permalink Reply by robin on November 1, 2011 at 9:44am
You're welcome.  I hope many residents will write the BoS, bos@loudoun.gov, or attend tonight's meeting to say the same thing.  The more voices, the better.  Also, your voice will be heard loud and clear if you vote out any incumbent Supervisors who approve the franchise.  They have been given all the information they should need, both from a customer standpoint and a legal standpoint, to make the proper decision.
Permalink Reply by Lansdowne Larry on November 1, 2011 at 10:51am

Our citizens should write the BoS at the address above, as well. 

 

Permalink Reply by viii_ball on November 1, 2011 at 11:15am
This is a mistake.  Residents will rue the day that a FEW disgruntled TV customers removed a decent telecom provider from our neighborhood.
Permalink Reply by Lansdownetribe on November 1, 2011 at 11:34am
viii_ball - are you joking? who just paid you to say that? Decent telecom provider??!!!!! ahahahahaha
Permalink Reply by Osman on November 1, 2011 at 11:42am

The question must be asked, what alternative are we going to have if we get rid of OpenBand?

Comcast and verizon are the only two viable options for internet service in the area.

Can we get Comcast? I am new to the neigborhood but I assume there are no cable lines because of OpenBand, so no.

Can we get Verizon FiOS? I don't know how Verizon differs from openband, but if the infrastructure is different Verizon is not going to have any fiber in our neigborhood either, so no. Even if they can use the infrastructure, it will be months or maybe years before they make any necessary changes and cut through any red tape to do so.

 

We could very well be risking throwing Lansdowne into the dark ages as far as internet goes. I hope these issues have been considered, and if so, can someone please post up the answers.


Thanks

 

Lansdownetribe said:

viii_ball - are you joking? who just paid you to say that? Decent telecom provider??!!!!! ahahahahaha
Permalink Reply by viii_ball on November 1, 2011 at 12:45pm

No.  I've had no issues at all with OpenBand for the 7 years I have lived in LOTP.  Very happy with the services they provide.


Lansdownetribe said:

viii_ball - are you joking? who just paid you to say that? Decent telecom provider??!!!!! ahahahahaha
Permalink Reply by Lansdownetribe on November 1, 2011 at 12:49pm
You are very lucky, and in the minority. Our TV service is awful - blacks out constantly. Very frustrating. Most people have given up and pay the extra for Direct TV. We're paying way more than we should be ($150/month is way too high, was possibly competitive 7 years ago, but not now).
Permalink Reply by Osman on November 1, 2011 at 12:55pm
$120 a month is what we were paying for FiOS with HD and 1 DVR, with 20mbps service, so it's pretty comparable, perhaps a little high but not terrible. Where OpenBand falls apart is the phone service. Once you consider triple play from verizon or comcast it's not as competitive.

Lansdownetribe said:
You are very lucky, and in the minority. Our TV service is awful - blacks out constantly. Very frustrating. Most people have given up and pay the extra for Direct TV. We're paying way more than we should be ($150/month is way too high, was possibly competitive 7 years ago, but not now).
Permalink Reply by Lansdowne Larry on November 1, 2011 at 2:33pm
The franchise agreement has nothing to do with internet or telephone service...only cable TV.  There is a transition period in which we can get another cable service provider.  The biggest problem is the exclusive easements and anti-trust issues.  So, the false rhetoric and fear about not having service or all, or not having internet service is nothing more than propoganda...don't believe it.  It will be interesting to see what the AG rules, but ALL senate and delegate candidates have come out against this and will look for ways to prevent such a monopoly in the future.
Permalink Reply by Osman on November 1, 2011 at 6:39pm
Ahh ok, I didn't realize this was for TV only.
Permalink Reply by Ed Kummel on November 1, 2011 at 8:34pm

OK...so this is only for TV? You're saying that OpenBand will still service our phone and internet but not our TV? How is *THAT* going to work? We're going to unbundle cable, go with another provider and pay them for cable, then pay OpenBand for Internet and Phone....Um....that's not going to work. If we go with Verizon, they use the same customer device for all three services...Plus, we will be paying *MORE* for two different companies than we are with just one.

And I guess I'm one of the minority as well...

I have *NO* problems with TV or phone, and whenever I open a ticket for internet service, it gets resolved immediately! In fact, when my Fiber MUX power supply died on me late one Saturday afternoon, after business hours, an OpenBand technician drove to my house, gave me a new powersupply and waited for me to confirm that this fixed my problem before he left. Try and get *THAT* level of service from Comcast or Verizon!

My internet connection with OpenBand is beyond anything I could ask for from any of the other providers. I regularly pump 20-30 gigs of data through my network connection monthly through my static IP that I purchase separately from OpenBand. With AT&T capping user's bandwidth, and other providers like Verizon and other ILECs looking to follow suite, I am afraid that anybody else would charge a premium for the service we get from OpenBand.

I'm afraid that if we pursue this action, we may be jumping from the frying pan and into the fire!

Permalink Reply by Ed Kummel on November 1, 2011 at 8:41pm

Are you *GETTING* 20mbps (is that mbps or M bytes/sec...*BIGGGG* difference)


I just tested my connection and I regularly get 50-80 M bytes/sec. Sometimes it *slows* down to 20 or 30, but not that often.

And I *KNOW* I'm getting this speed because I am running a server on a static IP I've purchased from OpenBand and run a bandwidth program that I wrote, so yes, I *AM* getting this speed


Osman Ullah said:

$120 a month is what we were paying for FiOS with HD and 1 DVR, with 20mbps service, so it's pretty comparable, perhaps a little high but not terrible. Where OpenBand falls apart is the phone service. Once you consider triple play from verizon or comcast it's not as competitive.

Lansdownetribe said:
You are very lucky, and in the minority. Our TV service is awful - blacks out constantly. Very frustrating. Most people have given up and pay the extra for Direct TV. We're paying way more than we should be ($150/month is way too high, was possibly competitive 7 years ago, but not now).

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