Knox Co. Commissioner Mark Harmon mentions in his post below that the Cable TV committee will meet tomorrow, Wednesday the 17th at 8:30 a.m. in Room 640 of City County Bldg. Mark is the vice-chair and asks for your input on any Cable TV related issues at markdharmon@yahoo.com.

He says one of the things they may discuss is "incomplete and behind-schedule builds (especially Knology)."

From a recent Knoxville News Sentinel article:

[City Councilman Rob] Frost said he has repeatedly asked Knology to furnish a map of its current service area, one that Feehan has since shown to City Council members and the mayor's office privately.

Feehan declined to release it publicly, calling it "extremely competitive, sensitive information." Feehan also refused to provide an exact number of local subscribers.

Consequently, the councilman requested a map from the Knoxville Utilities Board. Based on public records of all KUB utility poles in the city where Knology has attached its infrastructure, the map indicates that Knology's build-out is barely one-third complete and only covers parts of North and West Knoxville.

According to the article, Knology says the map is incomplete because they also use some BellSouth poles and have some underground lines that don't show up on KUB's map.

Regardless, one might conclude from looking at the map that Knology is "cherry picking" and not providing equal coverage in South and East Knoxville. It seems like they ought to have to explain that.

Number9 also asks in comments below whether Knology carries the local government and cable access channels, and whether they should be (or are) required to.