Once upon a time, Leo Bicknell <bickn...@ufp.org> said: > And yet, I don't know of any location in the US with two cable > operators.
Huntsville, AL has Comcast and Knology (originally CableAlabama) cable available at virtually every address (except for some apartment complexes, which tend to only be wired for one cable plant and negotiate a deal with one company or the other). I believe some of the surrounding areas have overlap between Knology and Mediacom. A number of years ago (15 or so?), CableAlabama wanted to sell out to Comcast, and the city refused to allow it under the franchise agreement. CA sued and eventually won a settlement, but didn't end up merging (and became or was bought out by Knology). IIRC the settlement was 50% off of the franchise fee for 20 years or so. For a long time, we had the lowest cable prices in the country because of the competition, but I don't think that's the case anymore (Comcast, being the big corporate entity, doesn't care about competition with Knology, and Knology just raises their prices to keep up). -- Chris Adams <cmad...@hiwaay.net> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
