Cable TV Still Has Life, ACA Chairman Says
Traditional video service still has life "in my neck of the woods" in ways it might not on the coasts, said Patty Jo Boyers, president of southeast Missouri-based cable ISP Boycom Vision, on C-SPAN's The Communicators, to be televised this…
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weekend. She said part of Boycom's customer base is elderly poor who can't access over-the-top service. She said cord cutting slowed during the pandemic, and the company had a big increase in broadband customers, due partly to OTT demand. Asked if the FCC is "an ally," Boyers, who's also ACA Connects chairman, said, "Today, yes. In the past, not so much." She said Chairman Ajit Pai's administration "has been refreshing" with its work on reversing onerous regulatory burdens. She said the way U.S. broadband networks handled a deluge of demand during the COVID-19 pandemic was proof of that approach. "We consider [all FCC administrations] allies," though it will sometimes disagree, ACA President Matt Polka said.