I am constructing a large residential subdivision in VA. I would like
to start a cable tv/ internet access company to provide services to
the subdivision. I need (1) information on such businesses and (2)
list of consultants who serve the VA area and could assist in all
areas of the business.

Hello JayJay9927-ga:

I have compiled a list of resources that will help you with the kind
of information that you require. First,let me guide you to a very
informative resource and than I will post a list of the consultants
that you require.

Instead of providing you an extensive list, I found a link that to me
is the leading source of such information on the net, if not the
greatest. Following is the link.

LINK: http://www.itvdictionary.com/links.htm
 “Please scroll down to Cable TV reference site to view more specific
information”
Source: http://www.itvdictionary.com

I was also able to find companies that provide consulting services on
all types of services in the cable TV businesses. Following are the
links:

Harrold A Brown & Associates
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/DigiCom/

Last Mile Communications
http://www.lmclimited.com/
World wide Locations

James Associates LLC
http://www.jacommunications.com/
Located in Colorado

Strategis Group Inc.
http://www.strategisgroup.com/
Located in Connecticut

Kagan Consulting Services
http://www.kagan.com
Located in Carmel, CA

HR Thompson Consultants Ltd.
http://www.cancom.net/~fortsim/default.html
Located in Canada

WKD Cable TV Consultants
http://www.wkdcable.com/welcome1.htm
Located in Florida

Additional companies:

Cable TV Contracting
Located in Missouri
(816) 966-1736

CK Engineering, LLC
(888) 775-7182

CSI Consulting Inc.
Located in Florida
(954) 767-0185

Design Automation Inc.
Located in Massachusetts
(617) 862-8998

Electronic Media Systems
Located in Georgia
(404) 942-2461

JM Consulting Group
Located in California
(626) 851-8001

SH Communications
Located in Pennsylvania
(610) 825-3237

Williams Communications
Located in Texas
(512) 328-2461

I would also advise you to contact Virginia Cable TV Association at
(804) 780-1776 and attend one of their meetings. They can help you
find the kind of information that you need.

Another great source:

http://www.cableyellowpages.com/

Other Sources:

http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Television/Cable_TV/
http://www.business.com/directory/media_and_entertainment/television/cable_tv/

I would also like to refer you to the following two websites, if you
have any difficulty in finding the consultants of your choice.

http://www.prosavvy.com/index.cfm?RefSource=169
http://www.intellectexchange.com/?source=business/

Search Stratagy:

cable TV information
Cable TV directory
cable TV consultants

Useful Terms

cable TV and internet business

I hope this will help you. If not please clarify and we will work on
finding a more plausible solution. Thanks for asking.

Sincerely,
Leader-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by jayjay9927-ga on 25 Mar 2003 14:29 PST

Thank you for your try. The information provided is very general in
nature and I had already found much of it. What I really need is
information on establishing a small cable service provider in a
subdivision and what companies could provide assistance in setting up
such a company. The ideal information would be an article title "The
Idiot's Guide to Setting Up a Small Independent Cable Service
Provider." The information provided seemed to be about the cable
business in general and was even global in nature, and frankly, not
detailed enough to be of much assistance.

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Clarification of Answer by leader-ga on 25 Mar 2003 16:31 PST

Hello:

Thanks for the clarification. I am working on your request and will
post my answer as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
leader-ga

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Clarification of Answer by leader-ga on 27 Mar 2003 10:00 PST

I am still working on it. Thanks.

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Request for Answer Clarification by jayjay9927-ga on 07 Apr 2003 12:23 PDT

Any idea when you can finish clarifying answer?
Thanks

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Clarification of Answer by leader-ga on 09 Apr 2003 08:10 PDT

I am sorry for not clarifying, lately. I worked on your question and
send some emails to the professionals and compamies. I am still
waiting for a reply. I will try again to remind them and work on my
own. Please give me 48 hours to respond. Thanks.

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Request for Answer Clarification by jayjay9927-ga on 29 Apr 2003 19:16 PDT

Should I go ahead and rate the answer or do you still plan to clarify it?

The first consideration is can you buy the rights to put the programs
on your cable system at a reasonable cost? You could write to each
cable channel you might want to include, giving an estimate of the
number of subscribers you will have. You might offer to pay Disney
channel $200 per month for all 6 (?) of their channels. Commody
channel might accept an offer of $50 per month. If they want much
more, you possibly need to omit them initally, if you are to recover
your initial investment in 5 or 10 years. You can not charge your
customers much more than they would pay for dish network or direct TV.
Since you will be small at first, some of the channels will refer you
to Netlink 1 877 695 0698 which primarilly provides descramling for
one family big dish receivers. www.satellitehelp.com used to be very
helpful with free advice. I think netlink is the biggest of what was
once 100 companies in the descramling bussiness. Many are no more, due
to stiff competion from dish network and Direct, either of which may
be willing to sell you the desrabling at a reasonable price. I suppose
you could pirate the programs by various means, but a prison sentence
is possible if you get caught.  Neil