The clout of Bruce Bradley

[Dan.Strassberg]

Several towns have two cable companies. It's far from a rarity around
here. RCN came in a decade or so ago and, despite severe financial
problems shortly afterward, is still at least nominally in business.
They are spending a fortune on direct-mail advertising in my town. Not
a week goes by without a glossy flier from them in the weekly mailer
that contains all of the (not glossy, but colorful) supermarket
fliers.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Anderson" <paulranderson@charter.net>
To: "Boston Radio Mailing List"
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: The clout of Bruce Bradley


> On Mar 2, 2008, at 10:40 PM, Don A wrote:
>
>> A couple opf times of his congressional career, I've had the
>> opportunity to be in the presence of Ed Markey, and wanted to ask
>> him what he has done to keep cable prices nin check....considering
>> they have a virtual monopoly.
>
> I haven't read the Globe since moving from the immediate Boston area
> ten years ago, but glanced at the TV magazine last Sunday.  I was
> surprised to see that almost every cable system listed was Comcast!
>
> I've had Charter for ten years in two different towns and thought
> there was still a mix of cable companies serving the Boston area.  I
> guess I was wrong.  Having one cable company serving such a large
> area  can't be good, right?  Or doesn't it really matter since
> there's  usually only one cable company per town anyway?
>
> Paul