Adelphia Alternatives

Isn't the current Verizon petition before Loudoun County to allow them to come in and offer TV and cable broadband over existing cable tv cabling?

 

here is the news release from the county about this


Board of Supervisors Approves Cable TV Franchise Agreement with Verizon

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has approved a cable television
franchise agreement with Verizon Virginia, Inc. The agreement allows
the
company to provide cable television services to residents along with
the
broadband services and telephone service it already has the authority
to
provide. The franchise agreement applies to areas outside the
incorporated towns in the county.

The Board's approval of the franchise agreement creates the first
countywide competition among cable providers. The county is currently
in
negotiations with Adelphia to renew its cable television franchise
agreement.

Under the franchise agreement with Verizon, the company will provide
the
county with $100,000 upfront and $1 per subscriber per month for the
15-year term of the agreement. The money will be used toward funding
public, educational and government channels and an institutional
network.

Verizon's initial service area, which will be built out within the
first
four years of the agreement, includes areas served by its existing
Leesburg, Sterling, Ashburn and Arcola call centers. Verizon is to
begin
serving western Loudoun within seven years.

The Board also agreed that the county's Cable TV & Open Video System
Commission will receive complaints that might arise from Verizon's
construction and administration of its cable television system and will
work with Verizon to resolve any such issues.

Staci