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Cable Connects Texans

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Update: March 2011 - Study: Cable Adds $15.9 Billion, More Than 112,000 Jobs To Texas Economy

In today’s fast-paced world, Texans increasingly rely on the cable industry to meet their information, communication and entertainment needs.  Whether it’s through high-speed Internet, digital local and long distance phone, video services – or a combination – cable is changing the way Texans live and work.The cable industry is meeting – and even anticipating – the needs of  Texans while supporting communities through public service, creating jobs, contributing to local and state economies, and investing private capital in telecommunications and broadband infrastructure.

Cable by the Numbers

  • Over 1,000 – Cities & Communities Served
  • 4.2 million – Cable subscribers
  • 2.1 million – High-speed Internet lines
  • 925,000 – Digital phone connections
  • 97,000 – Employees (direct and indirect)
  • More than $10 billion – Capital investment in Texas over the past 10 years
  • More than $1.5 billion – Franchise fees paid to state and local governments over the past 10 years
  • $15 billion – Amount cable industry contributes annually to the Texas economy
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Cable Connects Texans

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    01-31-2012
  • Conroe, Lake Conroe Get More HD TV Channels
    12-7-2011
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