New Metrocast Setup

[MaidenCove07]

Originally Posted by Jeanzb1

I wish we had a choice of cable companies.

The only way to force that issue is to be a "qualified" voter, which many of us seasonal residents are not, and insist that your town deregulate cable.

Most towns will not because then the campaign contributions pouring in from the offended utility will stop....

[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by MaidenCove07

The only way to force that issue is to be a "qualified" voter, which many of us seasonal residents are not, and insist that your town deregulate cable.

Most towns will not because then the campaign contributions pouring in from the offended utility will stop....

This isn't really true. First off, these MSO's are hardly ever making any kind of campaign contributions, especially in smaller communities.

The single buggest impediment to getting competition from another MSO is the size of the market. Only the most highly populated areas have enough subscribers to justify a system overbuild.

In the lakes region there is barely enough subscriber density to support Metrocast alone, there is no way you'd get another MSO to come in, build out a system and then fight to try to get a fraction of the current subscriber base.