
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 16, 1994                   TAG: 9402160055
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: C-9   EDITION: METRO 
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WIRELESS CABLE TARGETS LYNCHBURG

CFW Cable Inc., a subsidiary of CFW Communications Co., said Tuesday it hopes to provide wireless cable television to the Richmond and Lynchburg areas by early next year.

Last month, CFW Communications bought American Quality Cable, which already provides wireless cable television to 5,200 customers around Charlottesville. CFW, based in Waynesboro, is waiting for Federal Communications Commission approval, but CFW President Carl Rosberg estimated Lynchburg and Richmond could be hooked up by January 1995.

Wireless cable - a microwave version of cable television - typically targets customers in rural areas who do not already have cable, Rosberg said. It costs about $5 less than cable service. He said few people switch, but the competition often increases the quality of cable from other cable companies.

Allen Layman, president of Botetourt Communications Inc. - parent of the Roanoke & Botetourt Telephone Co. in Daleville - said in December that he expects to launch a wireless cable television system in the Roanoke Valley this year.

- Staff report

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