What cable companies are in your local tv market? For example, if you live in Seattle, Portland, Spokane, and Eugene TV market. Majority of households have Comcast cable, except for parts of Seattle have Broadstripe Media, and parts of Tacoma have Click as their cable company Parts of the Spokane DMA market have Time-Warner cable in Coeur d'Alene, Moscow-Pullman, and Lewiston-Clarkston area have Cable One. What about your local TV market?
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Cable Companies in your local TV market
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Cable One in East Idaho covering Idaho Falls and Pocatello. It is my understanding that Cable One specializes in middle to smaller markets. I am mostly satisfied with their service. For example, I recently upgraded from a basic platform to an expanded HD platform and my bill only went up about 6 bucks. Their internet service is above average as well.
e-dawg said:
In Bangor and Eatern Maine it is exclusively TimeWarner. Some of the smaller towns in Western and Northern Maine; Skowhegan, Farmington and Millinocket have locally owned Bee-Line Cable, which has actually been around since mid 1950's. I believe Greenville and Jackman in Northwestern Maine have a smaller independent system run by Moosehead Enterprises, but I haven't seen any websites or other info on them.
In the Atlanta area there are three. Comcast and U-Verse battle it out most everywhere except for the Northeast suburbs where Charter is the only game in town beyond a certain point (I think that point is Lawrenceville in Gwinnett County - Everything North and East of that point is Charter it seems).
Well it depends
Minneapolis and St Paul proper...Comcast
most of the suburbs is Comcast too
South Metro is Charter
Few cities outside of the "first tier" burbs are Mediacom
Outside the metro it varies from Charter, Mediacom, Mid Continent all the way down tot he podunk Telco doing cable too
Sad part is outside the Mpls/St Paul area there actually is cable competition in some larger cities between the incumbent cable company and the Telco
Minneapolis and St Paul proper...Comcast
most of the suburbs is Comcast too
South Metro is Charter
Few cities outside of the "first tier" burbs are Mediacom
Outside the metro it varies from Charter, Mediacom, Mid Continent all the way down tot he podunk Telco doing cable too
Sad part is outside the Mpls/St Paul area there actually is cable competition in some larger cities between the incumbent cable company and the Telco
Now do these areas have more than one cable provider as an option, or do different parts of the region have different providers?
Most of the Boston area has Comcast as the primary cable provider, although some suburbs of Boston have an alternate called RCN. Worcester county is mostly served by Charter, except for the town of Shrewsbury, which has its own independent cable operator, and 2 tiny little towns in the westernmost part of the market have Time Warner. As for New Hampshire, much of it is served by Comcast, and the Lakes region is served by MetroCast, and there are several other small cable providers in Southern NH and extreme southeastern VT.
Also, much of the Boston area (Comcast and Charter) also has Verizon FiOS.
Most of the Boston area has Comcast as the primary cable provider, although some suburbs of Boston have an alternate called RCN. Worcester county is mostly served by Charter, except for the town of Shrewsbury, which has its own independent cable operator, and 2 tiny little towns in the westernmost part of the market have Time Warner. As for New Hampshire, much of it is served by Comcast, and the Lakes region is served by MetroCast, and there are several other small cable providers in Southern NH and extreme southeastern VT.
Also, much of the Boston area (Comcast and Charter) also has Verizon FiOS.
ssetta said:
IN the Minneapolis/St Paul and surrounding areas the answer is NO...cable has a monopoly here
Centurylink (formerly Qwest) is mainly the Telco (some areas have Frontier)
No Verizon around here so no Fios
No AT&T so no U-Verse
A few Telco's in outstate MN do go against the cable company. Mankato (90 miles SW of Minneapolis) is Charter but the Telco (Hickorytech) also does cable in some areas around there. Bemidji (200 miles north of Minneapolis) is Paul Bunyan Telco (Midcontinent is the cable co)
Charleston has several providers. Comcast covers all of Charleston County, plus part of Dorchester and Berkeley. They are the oldest cable company. Knology is in most of the urban areas. Time Warner is only in Dorchester County and Summerville, while Home Telecom covers the Moncks Corner area.
AT&T also serves the area with U-Verse.
AT&T also serves the area with U-Verse.
In the Tampa Bay market, Bright House is the dominant system, which covers most of the market, including Tampa, St. Pete and Lakeland. Exceptions are Sarasota County, southern Polk (including Bartow and Lake Wales), eastern Citrus (Inverness), central Hillsborough (Brandon) and the Florida Heartland (which includes Sebring) -- those areas are served by Comcast.
Verizon, the telco covering most of the market, has Fios. Not sure what AT&T or Centurylink has in those parts of the market.
In Pinellas County, Knology competes with Bright House -- this stems back from the time when GTE (pre-Verizon) had is "Americast" system, which was later sold to Knology shortly after the GTE / Bell Atlantic merger created Verizon.
Verizon, the telco covering most of the market, has Fios. Not sure what AT&T or Centurylink has in those parts of the market.
In Pinellas County, Knology competes with Bright House -- this stems back from the time when GTE (pre-Verizon) had is "Americast" system, which was later sold to Knology shortly after the GTE / Bell Atlantic merger created Verizon.
unclehonkey said:
I get this weird feeling a big strong guy comes out to your house in a blue truck or van and takes a hatchet or axe to your cable line if you don't pay your cable bill with them
Meanwhile:
Dallas-Fort Worth has
Time Warner in Dallas and many of the suburbs, Charter in some of the other areas, I think there are some small cablecos in the fringe towns, AT&T phone areas have U-Verse, Verizon phone areas have FIos
Tyler-Longview has
Suddenlink (something tells me the only time they live up to their name is when they go to cut you off for non-payment
) in most cities including Tyler and Jacksonville, a little outfit called Northland has some of the other towns, not sure about availability of U-Verse or FIosAmarillo has
Suddenlink there and in nearby Canyon, smaller cablecos probably cover most of the outlying towns
In West TN outside of Memphis (who has Comcast), Charter has most of the area, including the Jackson area where I live. Dyersburg has Cable One, and Time Warner is in a few areas like Ripley and Brownsville.
Here are a couple links to FCC databases that posters in this thread might find interesting. Before beginning operations, all cable companies are required to register with the FCC and inform the agency which community or communities they intend to serve.
http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/cable-communities-registered-fcc
https://apps.fcc.gov/coals/forms/search/cableSearchNf.cfm
Note that sometimes the legal name of the cable company registered to a specific community can be rather cryptic. For instance, the name "CC VII Operating, LLC" is used with some Charter systems in my region.
http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/cable-communities-registered-fcc
https://apps.fcc.gov/coals/forms/search/cableSearchNf.cfm
Note that sometimes the legal name of the cable company registered to a specific community can be rather cryptic. For instance, the name "CC VII Operating, LLC" is used with some Charter systems in my region.
In Lake County Indiana, it's strictly Comcast, though it's 3 separate Comcast services. Hammond, East Chicago, & Whiting are served by one branch of Comcast (this area originally started out as United Cable, then TCI, then AT&T, to the current Comcast). Gary having their own Comcast started out as TCI, then AT&T, to the current Comcast. The rest of the county is served by the county system Comcast, & it started out as US Cable in the 70's in Griffith, then expanded throughout the county that didn't already have cable. It was bought by TCI, after they couldn't afford to make upgrades to the network. After TCI, it became AT&T, & they brought digital cable to the area, & finally, becoming Comcast.
AT&T has limited UVerse service in Lake County Indiana. Verizon was expanding FiOS in Hobart, Lake Station, New Chicago, & parts of Merrillville, but they stopped expanding it when Verizon sold off the former GTE service in Indiana, & was sold to Frontier. TV service never became available under Verizon, but not sure if Frontier has expanded what Verizon left off, or if TV service is even available under Frontier.
So other than cable in areas not having TV service from AT&T & Frontier, then it's monopoly with Comcast (not counting DirecTV & Dish Network since it's satellite, & available anywhere in the main 48 states)
AT&T has limited UVerse service in Lake County Indiana. Verizon was expanding FiOS in Hobart, Lake Station, New Chicago, & parts of Merrillville, but they stopped expanding it when Verizon sold off the former GTE service in Indiana, & was sold to Frontier. TV service never became available under Verizon, but not sure if Frontier has expanded what Verizon left off, or if TV service is even available under Frontier.
So other than cable in areas not having TV service from AT&T & Frontier, then it's monopoly with Comcast (not counting DirecTV & Dish Network since it's satellite, & available anywhere in the main 48 states)
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