Some cable TV companies also use their networks to provide telephone service, Pachynski said. Next Level's system allows cable TV companies to provide more reliable telephone service and high-speed DSL connections. The Rohnert Park company is marketing it to cable TV companies that want to provide telephone service to business parks and high-rise buildings with multiple customers. Until this contract, Next Level had focused solely on making equipment that delivers phone, high-speed Internet and digital TV service over standard telephone lines. Next Level is not concerned that its embrace of cable TV companies will anger telephone companies, which make up the vast majority of its customer base.
Businesspeople are fairly realistic.
Cablevision provides cable TV service to more than 3.4 million customers in New York, Boston and Cleveland.