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Re: CATV service in Dorms
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Andres)
Mon Oct 24 08:51:09 1994
From: "Matt Andres" <MATT@centre.edu>
To: resnet-Forum@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 08:41:01 -400
> On Thu, 20 Oct 1994, ELLIOT C. JOLESCH (216) 775-6930 wrote:
> 1.) Are you now providing Cable-TV Service to individual rooms in your
> residence halls?
Centre College has just signed a contract with College Cable
Service of London, Kentucky. CCS will pull coax to every room and
provide a basic cable service on campus.
> If so:
> >
> A.) How much of the cost of installing conduit and wiring did the
> Cable TV Company pay for?
There is no cost to the college, and the cable becomes our
property as soon as it is pulled.
>
> B.) Do students pay standard subscription rates, or did your college/
> university make special arrangements for rates? Please explain.
There will be a flat fee incorporated into each students fees,
there will be some premium channels available which the student will
pay CCS directly for.
>
> > C.) Did the Cable TV company contribute to the cost of data networking
> > in any way? Please explain.
>
CCS will pull fiber, Which we will provide, to each Residence
hall as they pull their coax. We have the choice of paying them to
terminate the fiber or doing it ourselves.
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