Some in town are not on board the plan for a replacement to Charter Cable. Eric Peatman sent along his comments today…

Jerry,  I think some of the confusion is generated by the fact that the Mayor wants to put the city on the hook for $30+ million dollars in debt while providing extremely sketchy details on 1) what subscription rate is necessary to be met to service the debt 2) what services will be provided (referendum says just cable, mayor sometimes says cable and internet, sometimes cable, internet and phone); 3) what will be the charges for these services; 4) If Knology is coming in to compete with Charter anyways, why do we want to risk this kind of money; 5) what if that anticipated subscription rate is not met–higher utilities, city taxes, or both–see Provo Utah, Davidson NC, Memphis TN, Burlington VT, Bristol, VA, etc. You wouldn’t commit your business to this kind of debt in such a slipshod manner, why would we let our city do it? Don’t forget, we as the owners of OLP and citizens of Opelika are ultimately responsible for this debt! And Jerry, let’s not just parrot the mayor here. Charter already has competition. It’s called satellite TV (hundreds of channels, now including local stations).