HELP!!!Why do i only have one cable tv company in my area of ther city?

Question

ok i live in warresville ohio a suburb of cleveland Ohio. i switched to time warner cable from dish network to get the 24 hour music video channels which i looooveeeeee!! 2 days ago time warner discontinued these channels so i went to change my company. when i tried to do this i found out that time warner is the only cable companyl available to me that i could find. Do anybody now where i can find another cable company or a dish service that carries the channels mtv hits mtv jams or vh1 soul?

Answer 1

Installing a cable system is incredibly expensive.

It's not unlike phone and power systems, where you usually only have one company owning the distribution system.

Verizon is bucking the trend and installing their system in various parts of the country.

One reason they feel they can make money doing this is the advent of HDTV. Verizon is installing a completely optical system which can carry many more HD channels than most of the old cable systems it will be competing with.

assuming they are not coming into your area, your only choice is satellite service from Dish or Direct TV.

Answer 2

Typically cable companies are licensed by your city through "franchise agreements".  It is not unusual to only have one choice although that is changing a bit.

You might want to look at Dish Network and DirecTV.  They both have web sites with channel line up packages so you could see which one(s) have the channels you want and the price of the packages.

I've been a Dish Network customer for nine years and would not go back to Time Warner.  Dish is less expensive, more reliable and doesn't keep raising rates.