On 1/10/08 1:28 AM, in article jiebo31nh6cebhl0iel2srn0jagfkhtbrs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Mr Steele" <Ironandsteele@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 21:29:03 -0600, "Larry" <homersimp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
>> Anyone know why there is only 1 cable company in the shoals area?
>>
> The local gov'ts used to "put it out for bid", and I use that term
> loosely. Comcast always seemed to be the low bidder. I haven't heard
> of that farce in recent years.
> I think that Charter is still across Shoal Creek, is it not? Basically
> Charter served Killen, Rogersville, Lexington and surrounding
> metropoli, to the east, stopping short of Athens.
> I suppose to get the true answer, you would have to investigate the
> deals made under tables and on golf courses.
I also know that Charter serves some areas of around Tus***bia or around
the
intersection of Hwy 20 (Alt 72) & Hwy 157. From what I hear though the
customers of Charter say that it's so hit and miss and the coverage in the
area is so bad that Satellite is far more reliable even in a heavy rain
storm. Could be folks are tapping in illegally and using unapproved
converter boxes which noise up the signal but I suspect that Charter just
doesn't give this area enough concern to fix things.
Either way it goes these Cable companies certainly have more of a monopoly
than AT&T did before and speaking of Monopoly isn't that just what AT&T is
doing again by buying up all the baby bells? Someone somewhere, including
the politicians, are making megabucks while everyone else suffers.
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