Where's The Beef?

Here at the Messenger club, we don't have any particular beef with Atlantic Broadband, other than the lousy ratings put on the company by Internet and business reviewers, there' s not really any reason we should have.
It should be said that we are a bit leery about giving anyone, Comcast included, a ten year deal.
What we don't like is the contract proposal that they are offering. We expect any company to propose a contract that heavily favors their ambitions. So we can't really criticize them for that. But ... and it's a BIG but. What the heck is this administration doing in trying to foist it off on us ? We do take exception to that.
Reading the clauses in the Atlantic proposal gives us the shivers.
Giving them unbridled license to "adjust" rates ? I mean What the heck ! Who's minding the store ?  Does anyone think they would consider "adjusting" their rates to give us a break ?
Where's the performance clause ? I don't see any way to tell them to hit the road if we don't like their service. It is written in the contract that we can like it or lump it, once the contract is signed.There's no "out clause" which any good contract would have if  it was written by someone who knows what they are doing.
There's a bunch of other stuff in the contract we don't like . They can be seen on our website. You might want to take a look at them before approving the proposal. Click here if you're interested
The thing we are most pleased about in this whole issue is that David Israel's plans to impose mandatory WIFI on the village was scuttled when Comcast, at our suggestion, re-entered the fray and offered the residents cable TV with the option of internet service, which most(about 70%) of the village don't use and made that clear more than once in soundly defeating Israel's motions at the  delegates assembly. We were scolded and branded as liars when Ed Grossman announced that the Messenger Club had contacted Comcast reps and suggested that they come back to the table and offer that very option. The attempt at denying the Clubs involvement quickly changed to " tortuous interference" a phrase flung about with gay abandon by the CSI rep and quickly adopted by Potus David.
We heard Joy Vestal announce at the Broadband committee meeting that the whole staff at the paper were in favor of Atlantic's bid. Which strikes us as being a bit odd. Well.... not really... that crew are pretty well known for toeing the party  line, they all have seen what happens to anyone who doesn't.
 Someone. We're not sure who due to the poor quality of the recording of the meeting, asked how the straw vote at the assembly went from a near unanimous vote for Comcast, to a near 50/50 split between Comcast and Atlantic.  David Israel proudly announced it was because Atlantic offered a better deal. He didn't mention that it might have something to do with the voluminous propaganda campaign waged in the newspaper and on the village cable channel. Nor did he mention that Atlantic came back with a better deal due to their suddenly  having to compete with Comcast.
You can thank the Messenger Club for that, Potus  David was ready to announce that Atlantic was the "best deal " and get the contract ratified at the April assembly.
But you don't have to thank us....... we just want to make sure that CV gets the best deal .