Cable One

Infobox_Company
company_name = Cable One, Inc.
company_
company_type = Private
owner = Washington Post Company
company slogan = Watch us make you smile
foundation = 1997 as Cable ONE| location = flagicon|USAPhoenix, Arizona, USA| key_people = Thomas O. Might, President & CEO
num_employees = 1,910 (2006)
industry = Cable TV, Broadband phone, Internet
revenue = profit$565.9 Million USD (2006)| products = Cable television Internet Digital Cable High-Definition Television Broadband phone
homepage = http://www.cableone.net/

Cable ONE is a United States cable service provider and subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, functioning as its own self-contained corporation within its parent company. The company's name and current focus dates back to 1997; prior to that time the company was known as "Post-Newsweek Cable".

Cable ONE is the 10th largest cable provider [ [http://www.ncta.com/ContentView.aspx?contentId=73 NCTA Top 25 MSO's] ] in the USA with most subscribers residing in small rural communities in nineteen midwestern, southern, and western states. As of September 2007, about 699,268 subscribers receive basic service and about 329,815 receive digital video service. The company offers broadband Internet to over 377,594 subscribers. [ [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=62487&p=irol-pressArticle&t=Regular&id=1070963& The Washington Post Company Reports Third Quarter Earnings] ] In May 2006, Cable ONE began a system-by-system launch of its digital telephone service with currently about 40,225 subscribers. [http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/62/624/62487/items/236847/TWPC2006AR.pdf Washington Post 2006 Annual Report] ]

Cable Internet Service

Beginning in 2007, Cable One introduced a new policy toward their internet service plans. Consumption caps or bandwidth cap were put in place to limit their customers ability to transfer large amounts of internet data during "peak hours". This policy is enforced between the hours of 12:00 pm and 12:00 am. Cable One Residential Plus (3.0 Mbit/s down, 300 Kbit/s up) customers who transfer over 1,347 MB (1.3GB) downstream (or transfer over 131MB upstream) will have their service throttled back to 1.5 Mbit/s/150 Kbit/s during these "peak hours". Residential Preferred and Pro customers will also be affected by a similar consumption cap. However, these plans have a Higher max threshold measurement. A bandwidth cap is also enforced for upstream traffic on all 3 plans. [ [http://www.cableone.net/internet/limits.htm CableOne's official cap policy] ]

Although, consumption caps are controversial, Cable One's methodology has been praised because it is explicitly detailed. Its methodology allows for unlimited off-peak downloading without penalty. Since a customer's service is slowed for part of a day, there is no interruption in service and no additional fee for large downloads. In addition, each day a customer's bandwidth counter is reset. Thus, a customer is not in violation of terms of service for heavy usage and the methodology only affects heavy users rather than typical users.

Monitoring customers

Cable One conducted NebuAd behavioral targeting tests on approximately 14,000 of its accounts in Alabama for six months beginning in November 2007, unbenownst to those customers who were being tracked. [cite news|author=Jesdanun, Anick|title=6 Internet providers disclose Web tracking for ads|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i0jj6e-BuV4qnseoMIL1fJFB7uhAD92TEAE80|date=August 31, 2008|publisher=Associated Press via Google|accessdate=2008-09-01] The company replied to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce that this test was covered by its Acceptable Use Policy which it thought obviated any need for contacting the test subjects. Cable One had decided against commercial use of the technology on its systemscite web|author=Ji, Philip P.|title=Letter, from Responses to August 1, 2008 Letters to Network Operators Regarding Data Collection Practices|url=http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_110/Responses%20to%20080108%20TI%20Letter/110-ltr.080108responseCABLE001.pdf|format=PDF via Google HTML|publisher=Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives|accessdate=2008-09-01] and today is waiting for "clear rules and boundaries". [cite news|author=Jesdanun, Anick|title=Ad targeting based on ISP tracking now in doubt|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hojy5UugX8vlpZa1urv5KYVDHDjAD92TSRNG0|date=September 1, 2008|publisher=Associated Press via Google|accessdate=2008-09-01]

Service areas

Cable ONE currently provides service in 19 U.S. states including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, South Dakota, and Washington. [ [http://www.cableone.net/about/locations.asp Cable One's Locations Page] ]

* Alabama: Alexandria, Anniston, Calhoun County, Fort McClellan, Hobson City, Jacksonville, Munford, Ohatchee, Talladega County, Weaver
* Arizona: Bisbee, Chino Valley, Clarkdale, Claypool, Clifton, Cornville, Cottonwood, Dewey, Globe, Graham County, Holbrook, Humboldt, Lakeside, Mayer, Miami, Morenci, Morenci, Naco, Navajo County, Page, Pima, Pinetop, Prescott, Prescott Valley, Safford, Show Low, Snowflake, Taylor, Thatcher, Winslow, Yavapai County
* Arkansas: Texarkana, Arkansas
* Idaho: Ada County, American Falls, Ammon, Bannock County, Basalt, Bingham County, Blackfoot, Boise, Bonneville County, Buhl, Burley, Caldwell, Canyon County, Cascade, Cassia County, Chubbuck, Council, Donnelly, Eagle, Emmett, Filer, Firth, Fremont County, Fruitland, Garden City, Gem County, Gooding, Greenleaf, Hagerman, Hansen, Heyburn, Homedale, Idaho Falls, Inkom, Iona, Jerome, Kimberly, Kuna, Lewiston, Madison County, Marsing, McCall, Meridian, Middleton, Minidoka County, Nampa, New Meadows, New Plymouth, Notus, Parma, Paul, Payette, Pocatello, Rexburg, Rigby, Ririe, Rupert, Saint Anthony, Shoshone, Star, Sugar City, Teton, Twin Falls, Ucon, Valley County, Weiser, Wendell
* Iowa: Sergeant Bluff, Sioux City, Woodbury County
* Kansas: Chanute, Emporia, Independence, Lyon County, Neodesha, Parsons
* Louisiana: Concordia Parish, Vidalia
* Minnesota: Dilworth, Moorhead, Oakport
* Mississippi: Adams County, Batesville, Benton, Biloxi, Bolivar County, Boyle, Brookhaven, Caledonia, Clarksdale, Cleveland, Columbus, Columbus AFB, Courtland, Diamondhead, D'Iberville, Drew, Duncan, Gautier, Grenada, Grenada County, Gulfport, Hamilton, Harrison County, Jackson County, Keesler AFB, Kiln, Lambert, Lincoln County, Long Beach, Lowndes County, Lyon, Magnolia, Marks, McComb, Merigold, Moss Point, Mound Bayou, Natchez, New Hope, Ocean Springs, Pace, Panola County, Pascagoula, Pass Christian, Pike County, Pope, Quitman County, Renova, Ruleville, Saucier, Shaw, Shelby, Steens, Summit, Sunflower County, Vancleave, Yazoo, Yazoo County
* Missouri: Adair County, Carterville, Cliff Village, Jasper County, Joplin, Kirksville, Newton County, Redings Mill, Village of Dennis Acres, Village of Leawood, Village of Saginaw, Village of Silver Creek, Webb City
* Nebraska: Battle Creek, Beemer, Dakota City, Hadar, Hoskins, Madison, Norfolk, Pierce, Pilger, Randolph, South Sioux City, Tilden, West Point, Wisner
* New Mexico: Chaves County, Rio Rancho, Roswell
* North Dakota: Briarwood, Fargo, Frontier, Prairie Rose, West Fargo, North River
* Oklahoma: Ada, Altus, Altus Air Force Base, Ardmore, Bartlesville, Byng, Clinton, Cordell, Davis, Dewey, Dickson, Duncan, Elk City, Francis, Frederick, Hobart, Lone Grove, Madill, Mangum, Mannsville, Marietta, Marlow, Miami, Nowata, Oakland, Osage County, Ponca City, Pontotoc County, Roff, Sayre, Stephens County, Sulphur, Tonkawa, Vinita
* Oregon: Huntington, Ontario
* South Dakota: Dakota Dunes, North Sioux City
* Tennessee: Dyer County, Dyersburg, Friendship
* Texas: Aransas County, Aransas Pass, Bells, Bonham, Borger, Bowie County, Denison, Dumas, Ector County, Fritch, Gregory, Howe, Ingleside, Ingleside on the Bay, Knollwood, Nash, Odessa, Pampa, Panhandle, Point Comfort, Port Lavaca, Ravenna, Red Lick, San Patricio County, Savoy, Sherman, Stinnett, Sunray, Taft, Texarkana, Tom Bean, Van Alstyne, Wake Village, White Deer, Whitewright
* Washington: Asotin, Clarkston

References

External links

* [http://www.cableone.net/ Official site]