TCI sets $20M for Des Moines rebuild. (Tele-Communications Inc. to rebuild its Des Moines, Iowa network)

Multichannel News, October, 1997 by Estrella, Joe

Tele-Communications Inc. will spend some $20 million completing a long-delayed fiber optic rebuild of its network in Des Moines, Iowa - a move that it hopes will curb the overbuild fever gripping municipalities statewide. Moreover, the MSO confirmed last week that it will launch its new TCI Digital Cable programming package in the Des Moines market later this year, and that it plans to move Disney Channel to expanded basic beginning next month.

However, the 18-month fiber optic rebuild and the digital rollout were apparently not a reaction to earlier reports that Des Moines planned to build a municipal telecommunications network capable of delivering cable service. The city reportedly shelved that scheme after running into resistance from area residents...

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