[ProfDuckworth]

Is Brighthouse available in The Villages or does Comcast still have a lock on cable.

thanks

[BarryRX]

Originally Posted by ProfDuckworth

Is Brighthouse available in The Villages or does Comcast still have a lock on cable.

thanks

Brighthouse is available, but I believe only south of 466a. They have a new office in Wildwood right on 301.

[Jim 9922]

I wish they would come North. I hear they are GOOD! (compared to comcast)

[BarryRX]

Originally Posted by Jim 9922

I wish they would come North. I hear they are GOOD! (compared to comcast)

In my opinion, anyone is good compared to comcast!

[Mack184]

According to FCC law cable companies are treated the same as a single interest utility such as the electric or gas company. Communities are forbidden by law to allow more than one entity to operate within their boundries. In most communities they must put the service availability up to bid, then hold a public hearing and then choose the service they will pick. Contract length can vary. So one cable company cannot intrude upon another's contractual territory.

Telephone & Satellite companies are under a separate set of FCC rules, so they are not forbidden to be in multiple places at the same time. So you can have an area such as TV where you can choose from Century Link, DishNetwork & ComCast.

Cable companies fought long & hard for many years to deny the telephone companies access to transmit TV signals and internet services. Ultimately they lost.

You can find the legal agreements with the cable company from your local government. You would have to find which government entity in TV controls the contracts. In some areas it's at the city clerk's office, in others it's in the county clerk's office. In TV it could be within the indivudual CDD offices. There you can find when the current agreement expires. You can also file service complaints with the FCC and the proper state organizations. Most states have something called the "Public Service Commission" or some similarly named office.

You can get a new cable server, but you must know when the agreements come up, and when the public hearings are. PLUS..The other cable company would have to WANT to come in and serve a particular area. If they don't want to do that, then there's nothing you can do about it.

[zcaveman]

Personally if Brighthouse did move north I would stick with Comcast. I am very happy with their service.

[ProfDuckworth]

...ahhh, a John Stewart I see.

[Mack184]

Originally Posted by ProfDuckworth

...ahhh, a John Stewart I see.

You see correctly!!