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December 21, 2006

Verizon closer to offering cable TV in R.I.

Verizon Communications is a step closer to offering cable television service to about 80,000 households in Rhode Island.

State cable regulators have awarded the company a “compliance certificate” for Service Area 6, following a 10-month review of Verizon’s application to become a cable provider.

That service area is comprised of Coventry, East Greenwich, Exeter, North Kingstown, Warwick, West Warwick and West Greenwich.

The award allows Verizon to own a cable television system in that region. But the company must get two more approvals from the regulators before it can actually begin the service – one allowing it to construct its network, and the other to operate its service.

Those approvals are likely to take just two to four months, according to a Verizon spokeswoman.

Verizon would become the first new cable company to enter the state since 1983, and provide the first land-based competition to Cox Communications in the West Bay area.

Posted by Tim Barmann  at 5:44 PM | Permalink

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