That will give you two cable companies to bitch and moan about.
I have to ask what's going on. Usually a jurisdiction grants just one company the franchise for an area (FIOS is a bit different).
I think that's largely because of logistics - it's hard to justify tearing up the ground for each competing cable company. At least, that's what I always ASSUMED was the case - if a new cable company comes in, they buy the old one - because they're just not going to lay down another set of cables.
It's why I wondered - is it just - easier to do that now? Because I can tell you, it's friggin' high time that cable companies HAD competition. As long as they have none, there's no compelling reason to keep down prices - or manage costs well.
Last I saw, Breezeline intended to go completely streaming for their service - something I'm not keen on. While I sort of - "get it" - I mean, if they're just a streaming service, they don't really need to provide a lot of the service they maintain and I imagine ANYONE in the country can subscribe to them - I mean, they become just like YouTube TV or Hulu+ or whatever - I've had it up to here with streaming services that just - stop downloading or have sudden buffering slowdowns.
I wouldn't mind hearing from people who have Xfinity down here in St Mary's.
