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--> --> Competition is the goal Ashland Daily Tidings One area the new AFN plan now considers - which the old plan often came under fire for not considering - is competition with Charter Communications. The new AFN quarterly report makes several points in a competitive analysis: · Charter is a mature company with large staff, established programs and greater financial resources than the city; · AFN has local service and walk-in customer service; · AFN's director has local roots while Charter is a national corporation with a non-local general manager; · AFN programming is determined by a citizen committee while Charter makes programming decisions at a corporate level; · AFN handles Internet connections through a number of local companies while Charter's single national-based Internet provider is having financial problems and high-speed Internet service has suffered temporary suspension. Email your... Technical questions & comments to: WebMaster Daily Tidings editorial comments & questions to: Editor Visit our other Oregon Newspapers... | Albany Democrat-Herald | Ashland Daily Tidings | Corvallis Gazette-Times | | Lebanon Express | Newport News-Times | Springfield News | Cottage Grove Sentinel | Ashland Daily Tidings 1661 Siskiyou Blvd. Ashland, OR 97520 Telephone 541-482-3456 © Copyright 2001 Lee Northwest Publishing