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Article: Small Operators Are Plowing Back.(National Cable Television Cooperative Inc.)(Troy Cablevision)(Ken Jordan)
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- March 2, 2009
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by Kent Gibbons
Charlotte, N.C.- Despite the recession, small cable operators are still investing in expansions to their networks, out of competitive necessity and to capture customers for phone and high-speed Internet services.
About 250 representatives of those cable companies came to the National Cable Television Cooperative's winter education conference Feb. 24 to 25, a conference that led off with a discussion of how three different independent operators were upgrading their plant. They also met with representatives of 50 technology firms, eager to help them do those upgrades and add services once they've done so.
Matt Phillips, CEO of ...