{"id":1500,"date":"2008-10-15T18:25:04","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T22:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2008-10-15T18:25:04","modified_gmt":"2008-10-15T22:25:04","slug":"got-a-problem-with-your-cell-coverage-verizon-and-att-will-give-you-a-new-cell-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/10\/15\/got-a-problem-with-your-cell-coverage-verizon-and-att-will-give-you-a-new-cell-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Got a Problem With Your Cell Coverage? Verizon and AT&T Will Give You a New Cell Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, they will if your name is Cindy & John McCain<\/a>, anyway:<\/p>\n

Early in 2007, just as her husband launched his presidential bid, Cindy McCain decided to resolve an old problem — the lack of cellular telephone coverage on her remote 15-acre ranch near Sedona, nestled deep in a tree-lined canyon called Hidden Valley.<\/p>\n

By the time Sen. John McCain’s presidential bid was in full swing this summer, the ranch had wireless coverage from the two cellular companies most often used by campaign staff — Verizon Wireless and AT&T.<\/p>\n

Verizon delivered a portable tower know as a “cell site on wheels” — free of charge — to Cindy McCain’s property in June in response to an online request from Cindy McCain’s staff early last year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Have you ever tried to get a problem resolved via the Verizon or AT&T websites?\u00c2\u00a0 I’m sure you had the exact same experience<\/em>, didn’t you?\u00c2\u00a0 No?\u00c2\u00a0 Well, it would help if you chaired the Senate committee overseeing the agency which regulates them, I suppose:<\/p>\n

Ethics lawyers said Cindy McCain’s dealings with the wireless companies stand out because Sen. John McCain is a senior member of the Senate Commerce Committee, which oversees the Federal Communications Commission and the telecommunications industry. He has been a leading advocate for industry-backed legislation, fighting regulations and taxes on telecommunications services.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, I don’t think there’s anything ethically wrong here, but if McCain was at all interested in putting substance behind his rhetoric, he wouldn’t have accepted this.\u00c2\u00a0 It does, however, give a brief glimpse into just how easy life is for people like the McCains.\u00c2\u00a0 I suspect it gets incorporated into their general worldview, which shapes their approach to legislation.\u00c2\u00a0 I mean, if they can just pick up the phone and have Verizon provide better service, why can’t the rest of us?\u00c2\u00a0 No need for the FCC!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, they will if your name is Cindy & John McCain, anyway: Early in 2007, just as her husband launched his presidential bid, Cindy McCain decided to resolve an old problem — the lack of cellular telephone coverage on her remote 15-acre ranch near Sedona, nestled deep in a tree-lined canyon called Hidden Valley. By […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-society","category-tech"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t