Time Warner dials up Rochester, N.Y. (Time Warner Cable plans telephone service)

Broadcasting & Cable, May, 1994 by Berniker, Mark

MSO could offer local service by next year; telco eyes cable, video market A breakthrough deal with a local telephone company and state regulators has cleared the way for Time Warner Cable to enter the local telephone business in Rochester, N.Y. The multiple system operator may be able to do so as early as next year.

The agreement is part of a broader deal awaiting state approval. The final deal would allow Rochester Telephone to restructure its operations so that it can be in position to directly compete with Time Warner in the cable business. The agreement between the MSO, the telco and the New York State Public Service Commission may serve as a model for federal and state regulators, who could use it to allow more cable operators to get into...

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