said by kpfx:Why exactly does Lafayette need to join the NCTC? Its basically a private organization supporting cable operators. There aren't any telco's banging on the door to get in.....
I'm just curious as to what they think they'll gain by joining an organization designed to assist traditional cable operators. And as far as the "municipality owned" clause in there.... that was targeted for small city-owned operations that existed to serve communities that had no other operations in their franchise areas... not the cable equivalent of a CLEC.
They qualify for reduced rates on buying content. That was in the story.The cooperative, open to all TV operators (including municipal) was created to give smaller cable providers a combined voice and greater negotiation power when buying national programming.
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