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Re: Cable and Local Monopoly
- From: Steve Meuse
- Date: Tue Jan 11 13:35:38 2000
At 12:08 PM 01/11/2000 -0500, Paul G. Donner wrote:
Does anyone know if there is an FCC or other Federal mandate
or regulation requiring Cable companies to provide cable service
to all dwellings within their alloted geographic area?
Paul Donner
Consulting Engineering
Office of the CTO
Internet Architecture
ciscoSystems, Inc.
I don't believe that this is regulated by the FCC. In my part of the world
(Massachusetts) each town negotiates coverage within the town. We recently
re-negotiated our contract, the clauses usually will say "Will provide
service to any dwelling up to 200 feet from a public way". So, if your
house is 1/4 mile from any road, you need to negotiate a price with the
local cable company.
-Steve
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