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Area HDTV owners with cable service have limited choices

""In the last stages of Adelphia's existence, they were bleeding money," said analyst Kurt Scherf at Parks Associates, a consulting and research firm. "They were putting very little into infrastructure upgrades.""

From the article, "Area HDTV owners with cable service have limited choices" by Alana Semuels

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