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Carolyn and Group,

I understand that such access is a part of the contract negotiated at the
time the franchise is approved by the city government (City Council in
our case).  I called our city manager last year to ask if we had
negotiated such access, and he said no.  I asked *when* the contract will be
re-negotiated because I want to attend that meeting (I'm sure that most did
not know about the internet when cable first came to Brownfield), he
said in *15 years*!!!!!

It seems that such contracts are long term so you have to know WHAT to ask
for and WHEN if you are going to have that access written into the contract.
There *is* one channel dedicated to local information that schools can
use, but as far as I know, that's the only public service they provide
here.  I understand that in other places, *several* channels are
available for school or public use.

Betty

Betty Dawn Hamilton
<bhamilt@tenet.edu>
Brownfield, Texas 79316

On Thu, 1 Jun 1995, Central MA Regional Library System wrote:

> Friends,
>  Does your community have an arrangement with the local CATV company to
> provide internet access for the school and public libraries?
>  A colleague is looking for contacts who have experience with this sort
> of agreement.  If you can help, please respond to me with the name and
> phone number of a contact person that she might call.
> Thanks!
>
> **  Carolyn Noah, Children's Services Consultant  **
> ** Central Massachusetts Regional Library System **
> ** 3 Salem Square, Worcester, MA 01608-2074  **
> ** cnoah@cwmars.mass.edu  **
>                                ***
>


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