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• Fifth Iowa Locality Overbuilds AT&T.

  - 1999-05-24

  Muscatine, Iowa, a town of 24,000 residents on the Mississippi River, has become the fifth community in the state to launch its own municipal cable system. Operating as MPW Cable, municipal electric utility Muscatine Power & Light is offe ...

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• Iowa Reinstates Municipal Telco Services.(Brief Article)

  - 1999-03-15

  The Iowa State Supreme Court has withdrawn an opinion that it issued in 1998, and it now says it is appropriate for municipalities in the state to operate telephony utilities. The ruling gives dozens of cities that are seeking to expand their...

  Tags: cable, Iowa, phone, TCI, telephony

• TCI Gets Competitor in Hiawatha, Iowa.

  - 1998-11-30

  The community of Hiawatha, Iowa, recently became the latest city in the state to award McLeodUSA a cable franchise, setting up still another competitive showdown with Tele-Communications Inc. In a special election, the bedroom community of 6,0 The community...

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• TCI Looks to Start New Trend in Iowa.

  - 1998-11-16

  Tele-Communications Inc. is close to signing a partnership arrangement with Indianola, Iowa, a bedroom community south of Des Moines, which wanted to compete against the MSO one year ago. Industry observers believe that the alliance may be a h ...

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• TCI Breathing Easier in Iowa.

  - 1998-11-02

  Albeit inadvertently, the Low a Supreme Court handed Tele-Communications Inc. a major victory in its ongoing battle against municipal overbuilds in the state. Experts said that by barring city governments from offering local telephone service Albeit inadvertently, the...

  Tags: cable, Iowa, network, phone, TCI, telephone service

• TCI Faces Telecom Competition in Iowa.

  - 1998-09-28

  Voters in Iowa City, Iowa, will decide Nov. 3 whether McLeodUSA will compete against Tele-Communications Inc. for area cable subscribers. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based telecom outfit and the city have negotiated a 10year franchise that will go Voters...

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• Another Iowa Town Opts Vs. Overbuild.(Atlantic, Iowa determines to forsake municipal overbuild because of cost)

  - 1998-08-31

  The town of Atlantic, Iowa - an agricultural community located 70 miles outside of Des Moines -- will not pursue a municipal overbuild of Tele-Communications Inc., local officials confirmed last week. Cable Commission chairman Phil Barrett said a The town of Atlantic,...

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• McLeodUSA Adds Marion to Its Iowa List

  - 1998-08-24

  McLeodUSA didn't waste anytime in adding to its cluster of 160,000 potential cable-television customers in Iowa's second-largest market. Having secured a franchise in Cedar Rapids, the telecommunications-services provider has inked a similar deal McLeodUSA didn't waste anytime in adding to its cluster...

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• McLeodUSA Seeks Iowa City Franchise

  - 1998-08-10

  McLeodUSA, which already plans to compete against TeleCommunications Inc. in Iowa's two largest cable markets, is now targeting one of the MSO's medium-sized strongholds. The Iowa-based telecom services provider has asked Iowa City, a community o McLeodUSA, which already plans to compete...

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• Telecom Provider Eyes TCI in Des Moines.(McLeodUSA, TCI-Telecommunications)

  - 1998-05-18

  McLeodUSA, which already plans to take on Tele-Communications Inc. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has set its sights on the state's largest cable-television market. The telecommunications-services provider is talking to officials in Des Moines, Iowa, abo McLeodUSA, which already plans to take on...

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