Record #:

23045

Author(s):

Billman, Jeffrey C.

Abstract:

After the city of Wilson created its own fiber Internet service in 2008, the city sought to expand this service throughout Wilson County. This system threatened large telecoms, like Time Warner Cable, that do not want the competition. The state of North Carolina, however, recently passed laws that require municipal telecoms to pay the same fee as private telecoms, like Suddenlink and Time Warner, effectively making it nearly impossible for other cities to create their own broadband network.

Source:

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 20, May 2015, p7 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Internet and communities--Wilson; Time Warner Cable

Record #:

28453

Author(s):

Smith, Jane

Abstract:

The public access channel in Chapel Hill is being severely neglected. Time Warner is partially at fault for the problem as they are ones who manage the channel. The equipment for producing and broadcasting programs is poor, few locally produced programs are broadcast, and the signal is poor. The fate of the station is uncertain as Chapel Hill and Time Warner are renegotiating the local cable contract and neither group wants to oversee the public access a channel.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 44, November 1994, p23 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Public broadcasting; Chapel Hill--Description and travel; Time Warner Cable