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The following article “7 Reasons to Hang on to Your Landline Phone” was originally published in The Saturday Evening Post in 2017. It’s important to know the facts before discontinuing a service that might actually be more beneficial than you think … 7 Reasons to Hang on to Your Landline Phone Landline telephones seem to…

Due to the impact of winter storm Riley, MTC is now functioning in emergency operations mode. There are currently wide spread power outages throughout our service area, which may impact MTC services. MTC is making every effort to keep services operational throughout the duration of the storm during the extended power outages. If you are…

Harpersfield Fiber construction is almost complete in the Town of Harpersfield. MTC is working daily to complete the necessary fiber splicing to activate the area along County Route 29 and to the north. We expect residents and businesses in those areas will be available for service during the early part of March. Open House announcement…

If we look back on television components from black and white to color, dial tuning to remote, antenna signal to direct connect cable … televisions have come a long way, to say the least. Today many consumers are concerned with how to get the best, most realistic picture quality and the most dynamic sound from…

MTC Cable continues to negotiate Retransmission Consent Agreements with WNYT (Channel 18) and WPIX (Channel 11) broadcast networks for continued carriage of the stations after 12/31/17. Although MTC remains optimistic that a mutually beneficial agreement can be reached, it is possible that MTC will be required to remove the stations effective January 1, 2018. Please…

There is a desire for high speed internet access across our area, children to adults, enabling people to do their jobs, obtain information and keep in touch with the world. MTC continues to build and improve broadband services throughout the designated footprint. MTC is happy to announce that residential broadband services up to 100 Mbps…

Matt Burns of Tech Crunch had published an article that is more relevant today than ever regarding HD programming and HDTVs. “You can’t buy an SD TV anymore. Well, not a traditional 4:3 SD TV at least. Nope, if you want a TV, high-def is your only choice. But you do have a choice whether…

Have you ever seen the lists that people post on … “Get to know each other better.” It’s all fun finding out if you’re friend has ever sat in the back of a Police car, but please be aware of some of the posts you comment on. The posts or lists that ask: what was…

**SCAM ALERT** “Can you hear me?” They’re at it again! AT the beginning of 2017, the “Can you hear me?” scam took place. Guess what … they’re back! MTC had a recent report of someone claiming to be Medicare Customer Service with a local unknown phone number … they then said “Can you hear me?”…

Retransmission Consent: Cable and satellite companies, under Federal Law, must re-negotiate the terms for carriage of broadcast network stations (ie: ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, etc.) every three years. Many of these agreements, known as retransmission consent agreements, expire December 31st 2017. MTC Cable has successfully renewed agreements with many of the broadcast stations currently in…