Six weeks after holding possibly the most explosive public hearing in its history, the Telecommunications Regulatory Board has yet to officially grant Claro the franchise license it needs to launch Internet-based television services.
As of Friday morning, some 20,000 OneLink Communications customers still had no service in the wake of storm Irene, company officials said.
A hearing slated to let the public and paid television industry players offer their opinions on whether Claro TV’s request for a cable television franchise is in the public interest may not take place Monday at the Telecommunications Regulatory Board if petitions the company filed to block it are granted.
OneLink Communications, the San Juan metropolitan area’s only cable television service provider, will be increasing its video service rate by $2.50 cents effective July 1, which for certain customers can represent a hike of close to 5 percent.
San Juan metropolitan area cable television provider OneLink has begun the conversion of its basic cable signal to digital format, a process that adds quality to the service and will affect thousands of customers who currently do not use a set-top box to watch television.
If you are one of the thousands of OneLink customers who are still able to receive the company’s 55 basic cable channels without a converter box, you should know change is coming soon.
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