Monday, February 26, 2007

AB 1164 Assembly Bill - INTRODUCED
Fred Pilot sent this link to a piece of legislation introduced in California that would prohibit sole-provider agreements between apartment owners (and HOA developers and boards, as I read the summary) and video or broadband providers. Developers have been granting cable companies monopolies in exchange for a simple covenant banning antennas.

This bill would prohibit a provider of video service or broadband
service from entering into an agreement with any person owning,
leasing, controlling, or managing buildings or dwellings that would
diminish or interfere with the rights of any tenant or other occupant
of the building or dwelling to the use of any video service or
broadband service offered by another party.

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