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Fairview to sign termination with Ziply for cable franchise; city may gain more control over broadband right-of-way fees
Summary
Fairview’s City Council voted Aug. 6 to enter a formal termination agreement with Ziply for the city’s cable franchise, a step staff said could let the city set fees for broadband use of public right-of-way after Ziply exits the cable-TV market.
The Fairview City Council voted Aug. 6 to approve a resolution authorizing a formal termination agreement with Ziply for the city’s cable franchise, a move staff said reflects Ziply’s nationwide decline in cable subscribers and could allow the city to set fees governing use of the public right-of-way for broadband deployments.
Why it matters: Ziply inherited Frontier’s cable franchise in 2019 and later notified regional regulators it would not renew the cable business as traditional cable subscribers declined. Staff told council that terminating the cable franchise agreement removes the…
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