Inverted Pyramid Story - Comcast causing cable drought in local neighborhood.

Comcast causing cable drought in local neighborhood.

Comcast will not provide cable service to the Shadow Mountain area of Ogden, Utah, stating that the area never had cable wired and residents will have to rely on satellite or antenna for television service.

Residents have waited for years for other options for television service. The area is known for larger homes with multiple televisions and often heavy snowfall that can disrupt satellite signals. The recently, residents’ only option for television was through satellite providers such as Direct TV or Dish Network, but new construction in the area had given hope of other options.

When the subdivision was built seven years ago, residents were told that they would have to wait for more home construction in the area before cable service would be available. Now, nearly seven years later, their wait was supposed to be coming to an end, as construction of a new subdivision next to Shadow Mountain was reaching completion.

Some residents are eager to change service to cable as it provides service in all weather conditions and also allows for more televisions to have access to other stations without the need of extra receivers, which adds an extra charge in most satellite providers.

But when Comcast was contacted two weeks ago to see if cable service could now be provided to the Shadow Mountain subdivision, residents discovered that service would never be provided to the area. Residents were told that the developer never laid the appropriate line in the subdivision, and if the residents wanted service, they would have to have the lines laid themselves, which would cost thousands of dollars per individual residence.