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Broken cable hits cell phone service (The Monterey County Herald)
A broken fiber-optic cable in the San Jose area is disrupting Verizon cell phone service from Eureka to Santa Barbara, a company spokeswoman said this afternoon Heidi Flato, a spokeswoman for Verizon Wireless, said crews are working to repair the line owned by Qwest Communications that was cut abo
Read more...Comcast bid to buy Pitcairn cable service OK'd (The Times Express)
Pitcairn Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the sale of the borough's cable company to Comcast Cable. read more »
Read more...News TiVo: Comcast to Expand DVR Service The company says the cable op will soon offer it in more cities. By Swanni (TVPredictions.com)
Washington, D.C. (August 28, 2008) -- TiVo said yesterday that Comcast next month will "light up a full marketing campaign" for the company's DVR service, which includes both SD and HD recording features.
Read more...Cable competition close to reality (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
MILLBURY - The Public Access Cable Television Advisory Committee and Verizon New England Inc. have agreed on a 10-year pact to offer a competing cable service in town, and that agreement is now under review by the Board of Selectmen.
Read more...Eligible Consumers in Nearly 40 Florida Communities Now Can Get Verizon's Fastest DSL-Based Internet Service (Broadcast Newsroom)
TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualifying consumers in nearly 40 Florida communities now have a new broadband option from Verizon that more than doubles the download speed of the company's current fastest digital subscriber line, or DSL, service and provides an appealing alternative to cable Internet.
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