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Originally Posted by TheProfessor
Well, be surprised.
The town signs a contract with the cable company.
Whatever cable company your town has - all was approved by the selectboard.
Your elected officials
And your selectmen sign a contract - usually for 10 or 15 years.
Might be a good idea to contact your selectmen.
Might be a good idea to attend selectmen meetings when contract comes up again for a vote.
Whatever you got your elected local officials approved of it.
A few cities and towns across the country own the local cable system.
But most frown upon this - as being socialism.
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Yup, but in all likelihood the contract says that the cable company has exclusive rights to decide what programming to offer. If you want to complain to your selectboard at the time for contract renewal that the programming sucks and they should look to a different company that might offer "better" programming, good luck with that. As has been mentioned upthread, the cable company owns all the infrastructure. A different company coming in would either have to duplicate all that infrastructure (way too expensive in all but the biggest markets) or buy the other company out and take over its operations.
Really, if you don't like the programming offered by the cable company, the best option is to vote with your wallet and drop the service. With satellite services and the proliferation of internet options, it's getting easier and easier to get what cable TV offers through another provider, and usually at a lower cost.