Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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cable companies
It seems that there is a lot of complaints about Comcast cable.. but what other companies service the villages..and what bundles do they provide.example.. tv.. internet an home phone ? and at what price?
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We have Century Link and are quite satisfied. If you are in one of the new areas (we are in Fernandina), you have fiber right to the house, If you live in an area with copper from the backbone or all copper, you probably won't like Century Link as well as it needs the extra bandwidth.
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I had to go with comcast as they were the only choice in my area. I opted out of signing the 2 yr contract because as soon as Brighthouse gets to my neighborhood, Comcast will be history.
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Love Brighthouse but it is pricey. Has PIP which cuts down on the channel flipping.
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I've mentioned this before in a couple of other threads but a cable company is looked at the same way as a public utility. It requires a municipal franchise and can only operate within the single area of that franchise. Comcast is a true cable company. Brighthouse is a true cable company. Century Link is the telephone company, and like a cable company they too operate as a single area utility, however their area is almost always MUCH larger because phone companies tend to service multiple cities and states. Also up until only a few years ago telephone companies were NOT allowed to provide TV services as Century Link now does with Prism. Satellite companies are direct broadcasters and are not under the restrictions that cable companies & phone companies operate under. That is why in some areas you can get ComCast but not in others, the same for Brighthouse.
You have to find out which cable company serves your area. (There's only one per area) If for example your area is served by ComCast, you won't be able to get service from Brighthouse. Your choice would be ComCast, Century Link or one of the Sat-Casters such as Direct-TV or DishNet. If your area is served by Brighthouse you won't be able to get service from ComCast.
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South of 466A Comcast Brighthouse or Centurylink
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As to why you have the option for both ComCast & Brighthouse in your specific area there are a couple of possibilities. First, since TV is an unincorported community that spans 3 counties and operates with a patchwork of semi-legal CDDs it is possible that there has been some sort of agreement made where both the CDD and the local governing entity (Sumter County?) have granted franchises to competing entities, which is exactly what the Cable Act was designed to eliminate. Secondly, it is possible that some bright laywer on the payroll of Brighthouse has managed to torture the english language into (at least on paper) making Brighthouse something other than the cable company that it is, thus getting around the municipal franchise law. In the current situation you are fortunate. But I would think that in your specific area that currently extra available option might not always be available. FRANCHISE RENEWAL
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You have to find out which cable company serves your area. (There's only one per area) If for example your area is served by ComCast, you won't be able to get service from Brighthouse. Your choice would be ComCast, Century Link or one of the Sat-Casters such as Direct-TV or DishNet. If your area is served by Brighthouse you won't be able to get service from ComCast. Quote The statement above is INCORRECT. I did and do disagree with the statement above that both Comcast and Brighthouse cannot operate in the same service area. Come over to this area south of 466A and see for yourself if you like. , I spent 35 + years in the business and deregulation has changed many things of which a lot of people may not be aware. Telephone companies could not provide the content and then the bonded pair technology wasn't available for copper were some of the reasons telephone companies could not get into the business a while back. Fiber was just beginning to be deployed and there was not enough in place to provide entertainment services. No need to worry Centurylink TV, Brighthouse, and Comcast are here to stay as this is a common arrangement if they want to spend the money to put in the network and take a chance on being able to lure enough customers to their service to make it profitable. They do not have to do anything except spend a lot of $$ to build a network and they certainly won't abandon their investment and disconnect all their customers. Centurylink must provide service for telephone since they are the provider of last resort regulated carrier for this area so it only makes sense for them to try and provide entertainment services as well since they have to build a network for telephone service anyway. A lot of the local electric companies have started to try and provide CATV as well since they have the poles in place already and only have to place the COAX or fiber cable. Some areas have the electic company, two cable providers, and their electrical service provider all able to sell them entertainment services. Cell antennas are now placed on high voltage tranmission line towers which was unheard of just a short while ago. Last edited by KeepingItReal; 03-19-2013 at 02:09 PM. |
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You have to find out which cable company serves your area. (There's only one per area) If for example your area is served by ComCast, you won't be able to get service from Brighthouse. Your choice would be ComCast, Century Link or one of the Sat-Casters such as Direct-TV or DishNet. If your area is served by Brighthouse you won't be able to get service from ComCast. Quote Here is the original posters actual question which was apparently forgotten...I'm done Cable Companies -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It seems that there is a lot of complaints about Comcast cable.. but what other companies service the villages..and what bundles do they provide.example.. tv.. internet an home phone ? and at what price? Last edited by KeepingItReal; 03-19-2013 at 03:27 PM. |
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is there one location where we can go to ferret out the services and prices of same? Am new to TV and will be in V of Fernandina.
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3 Locations or Phone
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All 3 can be called or use the internet as an option but not as easy to determine the prices and products. |
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Sanibel
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Everyone wants to believe they made the best decision on their service which is understandable. I picked the one I did for the price of the services I needed, might be totally wrong for someone else that uses different services. |
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