Original CATV was straight up classic business model.
Many times they were truly Community Antenna Television Systems where a town
or city would put the antenna up on a hill and they would run ladder line
down the hill and around the town. They would use a device called an air
tap to break off a drop line.
Then came coax.
You really don't see full on cable systems in the rural areas out here.
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From: Matt Hoppes
Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2020 10:12 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [AFMUG] Cable TV Monies
I know there are USF funds that have been used to build out internet and
phone and other funding for electric.
How did the early cable systems get funded? I’m not necessarily talking
about associations although certainly to some extent, but like full on
analog cable TV systems in very rural area.
The cost of copper is worse than fiber. How were these systems bank rolled?
Sometimes by a single private person.
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