AT&T U-verse TV Connects in Conn.
By Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 12/27/2006 12:20:00 PM
AT&T, striving to hit the goal of rolling out U-verse TV service to 15 markets by the end of 2006, announced availability of the service Wednesday in parts of three Connecticut metro areas: New Haven, Hartford and Stamford.
The announcements bring the telco’s tally to seven metro markets so far. It launched U-verse TV in San Antonio in June and added Houston in November. In California last week, it announced limited availability in San Francisco and San Jose neighborhoods.
In Connecticut, U-Verse TV will be available in the Stamford metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in parts of Danbury, Fairfield, Norwalk, Stamford and Trumbull, AT&T said. The New Haven area includes parts of Cheshire and Milford, and Hartford’s deployment includes parts of Newington and Wethersfield.
AT&T’s U-verse TV has been resisted by some cities where the company has not secured cable-franchise rights. The city of Milwaukee, for example, on Dec. 20 filed a lawsuit against the telco seeking to require it to pay the same franchising fees that cable operators pay. AT&T has responded that U-verse TV is not a cable service as defined by cable-franchising laws.
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