CITY ENCOURAGES RAGE AT CABLE PROVIDER.Byline: David Greenberg The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Staff Writer Furious that a 6 percent rate hike was approved just one day before Adelphia Communications took over as the city's cable provider, Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. officials called on residents Friday to voice their displeasure to the new operator. Officials accused Adelphia of orchestrating the hike through the previous operator, Comcast Cablevision, which relinquished its territory to Adelphia on Jan. 2. ``This is an unconscionable Unusually harsh and shocking to the conscience; that which is so grossly unfair that a court will proscribe it. When a court uses the word unconscionable to describe conduct, it means that the conduct does not conform to the dictates of conscience. way for Adelphia to enter our community,'' said Mayor Bill Davis For the artist, animator, creative director, see . For the baseball player, see .
Lee Parron, vice president of corporate affairs for Adelphia's Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, region, said that Comcast applied for the rate hike in late October to cover the cost of improved services. ``The timing of the rate adjustment is truly unfortunate,'' Perron Per´ron n. 1. (Arch.) An out-of-door flight of steps, as in a garden, leading to a terrace or to an upper story; - usually applied to mediævel or later structures of some architectural pretensions. said. ``But in the last year, Comcast upgraded the system, added 10 new channels and recruited and hired customers services representatives to establish a local customer service center in the city.'' Beginning Feb. 1, the monthly cost of a basic 51-channel package in Simi Valley will increase from $37.10 to $39.26. The increase follows the City Council's decision last month to raise the franchise fee for cable operation from 3 percent of 5 percent of the operator's gross revenue. A city study determined that local residents' per-channel bill of 69 cents was higher than the rates paid in 15 of Ventura County's 17 service areas. Months before the rate hike filing, Adelphia notified the city of the proposed territory exchange while promising community involvement and systems improvements, such as a high-speed Internet See broadband. connection. But Adelphia made no mention of plans to hike cable rates, Davis said. ``What really irritates us is that they know we have no control over their rate increases,'' he said. ``They feel they can do anything they want to. I think it's pitiful.'' |
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