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Cable One, Inc.
Company typePrivate
Subsidiary
Industrycable TV, broadband phone, Internet
Founded1986 as Post-Newsweek Cable
HeadquartersPhoenix, Arizona, USA
Key people
Thomas O. Might, President & CEO
Productscable television
Internet
digital cable
high-definition television
broadband phone
OwnerGraham Holdings Company
Number of employees
2000 (2011)
Websitehttp://www.cableone.net/

Cable One, Inc. (branded as Cable ONE) is a United States cable service provider and subsidiary of Graham Holdings 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. It is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.[1]

Cable ONE is the 13th largest cable provider[2] in the USA, serving more than 730,000 customers in 19 states with high speed Internet, cable television, and telephone service. Cable ONE offers wireless Internet service, high-definition programming, and phone service with free local calling, and free unlimited long distance calling in the continental U.S.

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.[3]

Cable One business

Business services available through Cable ONE include high speed internet with speeds from 15 to 75Mbit/s; business phone service with free long distance calling within the continental U.S.; and cable television services.

Carriage disputes

On April 1, 2014, Cable One removed 15 channels owned by Viacom (MTV, VH1, BET, Nickelodeon, and TV Land) after the two companies failed to reach an agreement. [citation needed] Channels were replaced with other networks including BBC America, Sprout, Sundance, IFC, Investigation Discovery, TV One, National Geographic, and the Blaze.

References

  1. ^ "Contact Information." Cable One. Retrieved on February 3, 2011. "Cable ONE 210 E. Earll Drvie Phoenix, AZ 85012."
  2. ^ NCTA Top 25 MSO's
  3. ^ "Cable One Overview and Coverage". Broadband Now. Retrieved 2014-04-28.