Bob, good article HLIT just shipped digital transcend headend gear to PTT in Asia,and is shipping to Golden Channels the largest MSO in Israel.
I just thought I would drop this buy,since TCI is upgrading in Washington,I wonder why?
Tacoma Ready to Compete with TCI
Tacoma, Wash. -- After a rancorous battle between incumbent Tele-Communications Inc. and the municipal public-utility company, and against a backdrop of uncertainty about the economic feasibility of overbuilds, cable competition is coming to Tacoma, Wash., next week.
Click! Network, a division of Tacoma City Light, announced its programming lineup and prices last week, and it plans to inaugurate cable-television service this week to a 6,000-household area of the city that is wired for 750-megahertz hybrid fiber-coaxial cable service.
TCI currently has nearly 50,000 subscribers in Tacoma, representing 60 percent penetration, and 200,000 subscribers in the Pierce County metropolitan area.
Click! is offering customers a "broadcast" service level of 17 channels for $5.95 per month.
Cyndi Wikstrom, the system's marketing manager, noted that TCI's lowest-priced tier was a basic service offering 23 channels for $11.87 per month.
Click!'s basic service includes seven additional cable channels, 31 digital-music channels and a set-top box for $9.95 per month, and the standard level of service offers 42 more channels for a total monthly fee of $23.50. Click! also plans to begin offering high-speed Internet connections by the end of the year.
TCI `s expanded-basic package sells for $23.94 per month, and it includes 72 channels.
- 7/23/98
Hiram |
