I thought the theory behind a franchise fee was to provide access to the 'right-of-way' on telephone poles. I don't recall DirecTV or Dish Network paying a dime in franchise fees to my community. John Shutt ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx> > Nothing new here; this same argument came up in 1994 before the San Diego > City Council. So, instead of paying a 3% franchise fee to the city (like > cable), PacTel offered to pay a 5% fee on HFC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.