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Article: COALITION OF TOWNS SEEKS CABLE SERVICE COMPETITION
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 15, 2001
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Frustrated with AT&T Broadband, a regional coalition of at least
nine communities wants to bring competition to cable service.
The coalition is considering the development of a municipal cable
system run by town electric departments as well as the possibility of
luring other private cable companies to the area. Officials say they
have banded together to improve local cable TV service and to keep
rates from spiraling upward.
"We've got to think of some way to bring competition to AT&T,"
said Mark Fisher, a North Attleborough selectman. "We can sit here
all day and complain about the lousy service, but the only way AT&T
is going to start paying attention is if we hit them in the
pocketbook ...