Cable One

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Cable One, Inc.
Type	Private
Founded	1997 as Cable ONE
Headquarters	Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Key people	Thomas O. Might, President & CEO
Industry	Cable TV, Broadband phone, Internet
Products	Cable television Internet Digital Cable High-Definition Television Broadband phone
Revenue	▲$565.9 Million USD (2006)
Owner	Washington Post Company
Employees	1,910 (2006)
Website	http://www.cableone.net/

Cable ONE is a United States cable service provider and subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, functioning as its own self-contained corporation within its parent company. The company's name and current focus dates back to 1997; prior to that time the company was known as Post-Newsweek Cable.

Cable ONE is the 10th largest cable provider ^[1] in the USA with most subscribers residing in small rural communities in nineteen midwestern, southern, and western states. As of September 2007, about 699,268 subscribers receive basic service and about 329,815 receive digital video service. The company offers broadband Internet to over 377,594 subscribers. ^[2] In May 2006, Cable ONE began a system-by-system launch of its digital telephone service with currently about 40,225 subscribers. ^[3]

[edit] Cable Internet Service

Beginning in 2007, Cable One introduced a new policy toward their internet service plans. Consumption caps or bandwidth cap were put in place to limit their customers ability to trasfer large amounts of internet data during "peak hours". This policy is only enforced during the hours of 4:00 pm and midnight. Cable One Residential Pro (3.0 Mbit/s down, 300 kbit/s up) customers who transfer 3,603 MB (3.6GB) downstream will have their service throttled back to 1.5 Mbit/s/150 kbit/s during these "peak hours". Residential Preferred and Plus customers will also be affected by a similar consumption cap. However, these plans have a lower max threshold measurement. A bandwidth cap is also enforced for upstream traffic on all 3 plans.^[4]

Although, consumption caps are controversial, Cable One's methodology has been praised because it is explicitly detailed. Its methodology allows for unlimited off-peak downloading without penalty. Since a customer's service is slowed for part of a day, there is no interruption in service and no additional fee for large downloads. In addition, each day a customer's bandwidth counter is reset. Thus, a customer is not in violation of terms of service for heavy usage and the methodology only affects heavy users rather than typical users.

[edit] Service areas

Cable ONE currently provides service in 19 U.S. states including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, South Dakota, and Washington.^[5]

• Alabama: Alexandria, Anniston, Calhoun County, Fort McClellan, Hobson City, Jacksonville, Munford, Ohatchee, Talladega County, Weaver
• Arizona: Bisbee, Chino Valley, Clarkdale, Claypool, Clifton, Cornville, Cottonwood, Dewey, Globe, Graham County, Holbrook, Humboldt, Lakeside, Mayer, Miami, Morenci, Morenci, Naco, Navajo County, Page, Pima, Pinetop, Prescott, Prescott Valley, Safford, Show Low, Snowflake, Taylor, Thatcher, Winslow, Yavapai County
• Arkansas: Texarkana, Arkansas
• Idaho: Ada County, American Falls, Ammon, Bannock County, Basalt, Bingham County, Blackfoot, Boise, Bonneville County, Buhl, Burley, Caldwell, Canyon County, Cascade, Cassia County, Chubbuck, Council, Donnelly, Eagle, Emmett, Filer, Firth, Fremont County, Fruitland, Garden City, Gem County, Gooding, Greenleaf, Hagerman, Hansen, Heyburn, Homedale, Idaho Falls, Inkom, Iona, Jerome, Kimberly, Kuna, Lewiston, Madison County, Marsing, McCall, Meridian, Middleton, Minidoka County, Nampa, New Meadows, New Plymouth, Notus, Parma, Paul, Payette, Pocatello, Rexburg, Rigby, Ririe, Rupert, Saint Anthony, Shoshone, Star, Sugar City, Teton, Twin Falls, Ucon, Valley County, Weiser, Wendell
• Iowa: Sergeant Bluff, Sioux City, Woodbury County
• Kansas: Chanute, Emporia, Independence, Lyon County, Neodesha, Parsons
• Louisiana: Concordia Parish, Vidalia
• Minnesota: Dilworth, Moorhead, Oakport
• Mississippi: Adams County, Batesville, Benton, Biloxi, Bolivar County, Boyle, Brookhaven, Caledonia, Clarksdale, Cleveland, Columbus, Columbus AFB, Courtland, Diamondhead, D'Iberville, Drew, Duncan, Gautier, Grenada, Grenada County, Gulfport, Hamilton, Harrison County, Jackson County, Keesler AFB, Kiln, Lambert, Lincoln County, Long Beach, Lowndes County, Lyon, Magnolia, Marks, McComb, Merigold, Moss Point, Mound Bayou, Natchez, New Hope, Ocean Springs, Pace, Panola County, Pascagoula, Pass Christian, Pike County, Pope, Quitman County, Renova, Ruleville, Saucier, Shaw, Shelby, Steens, Summit, Sunflower County, Vancleave, Yazoo, Yazoo County
• Missouri: Adair County, Carterville, Cliff Village, Jasper County, Joplin, Kirksville, Newton County, Redings Mill, Village of Dennis Acres, Village of Leawood, Village of Saginaw, Village of Silver Creek, Webb City
• Nebraska: Battle Creek, Beemer, Dakota City, Hadar, Hoskins, Madison, Norfolk, Pierce, Pilger, Randolph, South Sioux City, Tilden, West Point, Wisner
• New Mexico: Chaves County, Rio Rancho, Roswell
• North Dakota: Briarwood, Fargo, Frontier, Prairie Rose, West Fargo, North River
• Oklahoma: Ada, Altus, Altus Air Force Base, Ardmore, Bartlesville, Byng, Clinton, Cordell, Davis, Dewey, Dickson, Duncan, Elk City, Francis, Frederick, Hobart, Lone Grove, Madill, Mangum, Mannsville, Marietta, Marlow, Miami, Nowata, Oakland, Osage County, Ponca City, Pontotoc County, Roff, Sayre, Stephens County, Sulphur, Tonkawa, Vinita
• Oregon: Huntington, Ontario
• South Dakota: Dakota Dunes, North Sioux City
• Tennessee: Dyer County, Dyersburg, Friendship
• Texas: Aransas County, Aransas Pass, Bells, Bonham, Borger, Bowie County, Denison, Dumas, Ector County, Fritch, Gregory, Howe, Ingleside, Ingleside on the Bay, Knollwood, Nash, Odessa, Pampa, Panhandle, Point Comfort, Port Lavaca, Ravenna, Red Lick, San Patricio County, Savoy, Sherman, Stinnett, Sunray, Taft, Texarkana, Tom Bean, Van Alstyne, Wake Village, White Deer, Whitewright
• Washington: Asotin, Clarkston

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site