Spring Sun Outages

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What are Sun Outages? Twice a year, you may experience some degree of television interference due to “sun outages.” Such outages are caused by a phenomenon called a “solar satellite interference.” These brief outages occur when the sun passes directly behind satellites transmitting cable signals. When the sun is aligned with a satellite, solar radiation,…

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Sun Outages. What are they?

A graphic featuring spring sun outages due to the earth's location to the sun.

What are Sun Outages? Twice a year, you may experience some degree of television interference due to “sun outages.” Such outages are caused by a phenomenon called a “solar satellite interference.” These brief outages occur when the sun passes directly behind satellites transmitting cable signals. When the sun is aligned with a satellite, solar radiation,…

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Hamden, Colchester, Downsville: Tired of Slow Internet?

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Are you tired of your current Internet service slowing down or “buffering” when you are trying to stream movies or binge watch your favorite TV series or when playing online games? Well, wait no more. MTC has a solution! High Speed Internet is available to customers in areas of Hamden, Colchester and Downsville. New customers…

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Construction Continues …

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MTC, your local provider of high speed internet, cable TV and phone services, is happy to announce the following streets in Gilboa, Grand Gorge, Lexington and Roxbury are available for service:   Field Stone Drive, Gilboa Kemper Mountain Rd, Gilboa Wild Berry Drive, Gilboa Route 30, Grand Gorge Mountain, Grand Gorge Crump Hill Road, Lexington…

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Agreement Reached with FOX

Good News! MTC is pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with FOX to continue to provide their programming on your lineup. There will be no disruption in service.   Each year, the cost of delivering the programming our customers want to see increases substantially. We are tough negotiators on your behalf so…

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MTC Cable and Fox Cable Services fail to reach new Carriage Agreement

The National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), the designated negotiating consultant for MTC Cable, and Fox Cable Services (representing Fox News Channel, Fox Business Channel, Fox Broadcast Broadcast Network (WNEW) Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, and the Big Ten Network) have failed to reach an agreement on the extension of carriage rights for MTC after…

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The Gift of Speed and Bandwidth during this holiday season!

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The holidays are a great time for family and friends to gather together. Expecting lots of guests at your house this holiday season?   Did you know that you can upgrade your Internet service temporarily so that you have enough speed and bandwidth for all your guests and mobile devices? It’s easy and really cost…

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Deadline: December 1 for some Netflix Subscribers

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Beginning December 1, 2019, Netflix will no longer be supported on some devices that are more than 8 years old due to technical limitations that have to do with protecting provider content. If you are a Netflix subscriber and own one of these older TVs or Roku devices, Netflix is now sending out multiple reminders…

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The Season of Giving: MTC’s Annual Community Food Drive is in full swing!

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It’s that time of year! Help replenish our local food pantries through MTC’s Annual Community Food Drive! Receive a FREE upgrade (an average $40 value or more) to any MTC service with a donation of non-expired, non-perishable food items during November and December. You can bring your donations of non-perishable goods such as: Canned meats…

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