 niccolusNiccolus Leader Of MidgetsPremium join:2003-10-22 Long Beach, CA | Franchises You know its actually the cities that benefit more from the way the cable companies set up their areas because the cities themselves set up the franchise rules. The cities normally set the rules on how many days you have to be installed by and what criteria the cable companies have to meet to have those area but what is unknown by most of the customers is that the city can also regulate the price paid for cable because I know of a city in the cable system I work for that told us that if we are to service their area that they are to be charged about 10% less than the other surrounding areas. If enough people lodged a complaint in an area or signed a petition lodging a general complaint about the fact there is only one cable company available then the city could allow for another company to bid for the area. |