said by hamburglar_:said by swhx7:Is there competition in the cable business in any market in the USA today? And for internet, most cities have at best a cable monopoly and a telco monopoly.
Yes, there is. Here in Columbus, Ameritech built a cable system using their right-of-way back in the '90s, called Americast. It is completely separate from the Time Warner and Insight plants and they overlap with both in the metro. Once Ameritech (now ATT) decided they weren't a cable operator, they sold it to another company »
www.wowway.com We are one of the lucky markets with another choice.
It's still not a competitive heaven, though. I have lived in 2 different areas of Columbus (currently live southeast of 161 & Karl Rd. in the Forest Park area) served by Insight and wasn't able to get Americast (or WOW) to service me in either location, only Insight or AT&T. Still stuck with the duopoly.
