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Originally Posted by Weekend Pundit
Just a heads up for some towns in the Lakes Region served by Breezeline, that being Breezeline is operating in some of those towns under an extension of their franchise agreement which expires on December 31, 2025. This is due to a failure of the towns and Breezeline to sign a new 10-year franchise agreement because of Breezeline's violation of the present franchise agreement when they closed their local customer service office in Belmont a few years ago.
If no new franchise agreement is in place in those towns by the above date, Breezeline must stop operations. That means existing customers will lose their cable, Internet, and phone services should that come to pass.
In the past, that might have been disastrous. But with more choices available in some of those towns like Xfinity, Fidium, New Hampshire Broadband, as well Starlink, customers can find a new provider.
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Franchise agreements between media companies like Breezeline and the municipalities in which they operate apply only to cable television services, not internet and telephone services. There shouldn't be any reason under law or regulation that would prevent Breezeline from continuing to offer internet and telephone services even if franchise agreements with municipalities lapse. Now, Breezeline may decide on their own to stop offering internet and telephone services if they can no longer provide cable TV, but that would be their own decision.