]> http://saveaccess.org/taxonomy/term/47/0 en http://saveaccess.org/node/782 <p>Dear Washington State media activists,</p> <p>Reclaim the Media was in Olympia this week to speak against a very bad new telecommunications bill, SB6003, which would open the door for Qwest and other telecom companies to provide cable-type video services to customers statewide - but on the company's terms.</p> <p>Their terms don't include fair support for PEG (public access, government and educational) TV programming, and they would seriously erode local customer accountability. Last but certainly not least, this corporate-sponsored bill would allow Qwest and other companies the right to "cherry-pick" the neighborhoods they want to provide the best services to, while skipping over less affluent or rural neighborhoods.</p> Qwest State Franchises WASHINGTON Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:43:15 -0500 http://saveaccess.org/node/778 <p>from: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/304278_edit3.html" target="blank"><br /> SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD</a></p> <p><strong>Legislature: State power grab</strong><br /> Tuesday, February 20, 2007</p> <p>State lawmakers are looking today at a bill that supporters, chiefly Qwest Communications, proclaim would promote competition in cable TV services. Perhaps so, but the heart of the bill is a wholesale grab of power from cities, counties and communities.</p> Qwest State Franchises WASHINGTON Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:08:56 -0500 http://saveaccess.org/Washington <p><em>This page last updated 4/7/07</em><br /> <strong>Recent State News via saveaccess:</strong> <a href="http://saveaccess.org/taxonomy/term/47"> newswire</a></p> <p><strong>Bill Number(s):</strong><br /> HB 1983 <a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1983&amp;year=2007#history" target="blank"> Read Bill</a><br /> SB 6003 <a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6003&amp;year=2007" target="blank"> Read Bill</a></p> Qwest State Franchises WASHINGTON Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:17:49 -0500 http://saveaccess.org/node/739 <p>from: <a href="http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6416372.html?display=Breaking+News" target="blank"> MultiChannel News</a></p> <p><strong>Qwest Backs State Franchise Bill</strong><br /> Telco Tries to Succeed in Washington Where It Failed in Colorado</p> <p>By Linda Haugsted 2/14/2007 6:16:00 PM</p> <p>Just days after a Qwest Communications-backed bill failed to escape committee in Colorado, a similar bill to reform cable franchising surfaced in Washington state, also backed by the telco.</p> State Franchises WASHINGTON Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:57:23 -0500 http://saveaccess.org/node/737 <p>from: <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/local/state/prweb505090.htm: target="blank"> PR Web</a></p> <p><strong>BCAW, Urban League, Cities Say Qwest Bill Bad for Local Consumers</strong></p> <p><em>Opponents Say Qwest Measure Would Allow Phone Company to Serve Most Affluent Neighborhoods While Bypassing Others, Cost Communities Needed Tax Dollars and Replace Local Oversight with State Bureaucracy; Telephone Company Seeks End to Local Control of Cable Television, Critics Say</em></p> State Franchises WASHINGTON Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:38:36 -0500