Editorial--Cox vs. SBC
SBC, the phone company, is running newspaper ads urging citizens of Oklahoma to write the Corporation Commission and let them know Cox Cable's appeal of the Corporation Commission's Docket 42 Order (deregulating the phone company) is not a good idea.
How does this effect Grove?
Not much. A pox on both their houses.
Cox Cable in Grove is waiting for someone else to pay for relocation of their cable lines from Sailboat Bridge into Grove at which time they will upgrade to broadband cable. But they still need to rewire every piece of cable within Grove in order to go to broadband high speed internet service.
SBC, on the other hand, only offers DSL broadband service within three miles of their downtown Grove office, or McDonald's, as many prefer to say. SBC won't spend the money to install new nodes beyond the three mile limit so everybody can have broadband service. Their excuse is that they need to be deregulated. Now they are.
We would like to hear from both....what plans does either one have for upgrading internet service in Grove. SBC claims they can't upgrade service, in their ads, for Ketchum, Afton or Fairland but no mention is made of Grove. If they think three miles worth of high speed cable is enough, they need to rethink. And while they are at it, we would like to hear from Charter Cable as well, on their plans to finish their system inside the Grove City limits, such as Patricia Island Estates.
We will hold our breath until they call.
How does this effect Grove?
Not much. A pox on both their houses.
Cox Cable in Grove is waiting for someone else to pay for relocation of their cable lines from Sailboat Bridge into Grove at which time they will upgrade to broadband cable. But they still need to rewire every piece of cable within Grove in order to go to broadband high speed internet service.
SBC, on the other hand, only offers DSL broadband service within three miles of their downtown Grove office, or McDonald's, as many prefer to say. SBC won't spend the money to install new nodes beyond the three mile limit so everybody can have broadband service. Their excuse is that they need to be deregulated. Now they are.
We would like to hear from both....what plans does either one have for upgrading internet service in Grove. SBC claims they can't upgrade service, in their ads, for Ketchum, Afton or Fairland but no mention is made of Grove. If they think three miles worth of high speed cable is enough, they need to rethink. And while they are at it, we would like to hear from Charter Cable as well, on their plans to finish their system inside the Grove City limits, such as Patricia Island Estates.
We will hold our breath until they call.
posted by Editor | 2:00 AM
2 Comments:
If you check GRDA records and mailings to the city of Grove, and the acquisition of Flowage Easements along Patricia Island Estates, you will find that the whole area is in the city of Grove illegally. So Charter Cable is really outside if Grove.
Charter Cable has service to areas both inside and outside of Grove.
The point is they need to finish the job they started several years ago at Patricia Island Estates.
For that matter, Cox Cable can go anywhere it wants as there are no established "terrorities" for service.
We would look forward to a complete discussion of whether or not Patricia Island Estates is in, or outside, Grove city limits.
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