Cable ONE Freezes 2005 Rates for Customers

Cable ONE Freezes 2005 Rates for Customers

720,000 Cable and Internet Subscribers are Guaranteed No Price Hike This Year

PHOENIX, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- There will not be a rate increase this year for Cable ONE customers. The price freeze includes all residential services encompassing basic cable, digital video recording, digital cable and high-speed Internet.

Cable ONE, the cable division of The Washington Post Company, operates 52 cable systems serving 720,000 subscribers in 19 states.

"Our customers tell us that rates are the most important issue to them," said Tom Might, CEO of Cable ONE. "That is why Cable ONE is committed to keeping costs stabilized for our customers. We are pleased to freeze rates in 2005 just as we did in 2003."

Might added, "During the past three years, Cable ONE rates have increased only five percent while some satellite providers have gone up as much as 19 percent. Cable ONE is making this commitment even though costs of providing programming and upgrading equipment continue to rise."

Cable ONE's video subscription packages start at $17.95 and its high-speed Internet service is priced for new customers at $29.95.

For more information, visit www.cableone.net.


Source: Cable ONE

CONTACT: Melany Stroupe, Public Relations Manager of Cable ONE, Phoenix,
+1-602-300-1307

Web site: http://www.cableone.net/


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