[upthesaukee]

Back in the mid-1980s, we had a roof-mounted antenna at our house in Alton Bay. The fledgling cable company, Lakes Region Cable television, was only on main roads in Alton, but you could contact them to see what it would cost to run the service to your house.

Dad contacted them and they came out and talked to Dad. The sales guy said it would be necessary to run the cable from Rte 11 up through the woods to our house on Rand Hill Rd. He had one of those measuring thig-a-bobs on a wheel that he used to measure the distance. He then told Dad he had some measurements to take and he would come back into the house when he finished his calculations.

Remember, this was in the mid-80s and the house was normally only occupied on weekends. The guy said he a really good news, it would only cost just under $4,000 to run the cable and poles to house.

Dad said thanks for your time, but forget it! (We finally got cable on our street several years later.)

Dave