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Small Texas City Losing Cable TV, Keeping Internet after Network Sale

Alpine residents face a future without cable TV as the city’s only traditional pay-TV provider is pulling the plug.

Jericho Casper

Sep 3, 2024 — 3 min read

Screenshot from Facebook page of Alpine, Texas

WASHINGTON, September 3, 2024 – A small Texas city is finding out what it's like when the cable TV company cuts the cord.

Alpine, Texas (pop. 6,000) will soon experience a shift in its media landscape as TDS Telecom plans to discontinue its cable TV service there by Sept. 26.

The move comes as part of a broader agreement in which TDS Telecom, headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, has sold its cable systems in Alpine and four other Texas locations. The transaction is expected to close by the fourth quarter of 2024.

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