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What are Sun Outages?

Twice a year, you may experience some degree of television interference due to "sun outages." Such outages are caused by a phenomenon called a “solar satellite interference." These brief outages occur when the sun passes directly behind satellites...

MTC, your local provider of high speed internet, cable TV and phone services, is happy to announce the following streets in Gilboa, Grand Gorge, Lexington and Roxbury are available for service:

Field Stone Drive, Gilboa

Kemper Mountain Rd, Gilboa

Wild Berry Drive, Gilboa

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The time for Ultra High Definition (UHD/4K) is still up and coming, but we all have some catching up to do.  Now is the time!  For the first time ever, the Super Bowl will be shot in high-dynamic range (HDR) format and broadcast in UHD on compatible devices.  So, if yo...

Good News! MTC is pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with FOX to continue to provide their programming on your lineup. There will be no disruption in service.

Each year, the cost of delivering the programming our customers want to see increases substa...

The National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), the designated negotiating consultant for MTC Cable, and Fox Cable Services (representing Fox News Channel, Fox Business Channel, Fox Broadcast Broadcast Network (WNEW) Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, and the Big Ten Networ...

The holidays are a great time for family and friends to gather together.  Expecting lots of guests at your house this holiday season? 

Did you know that you can upgrade your Internet service temporarily so that you have enough speed and bandwidth for all your guest...

Beginning December 1, 2019, Netflix will no longer be supported on some devices that are more than 8 years old due to technical limitations that have to do with protecting provider content.  If you are a Netflix subscriber and own one of these older TVs or Roku devices...

It's that time of year!

Help replenish our local food pantries through MTC's Annual Community Food Drive! Receive a FREE upgrade (an average $40 value or more) to any MTC service with a donation of non-expired, non-perishable food items during November and December.

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Over the years, scammers have tried to convince Roku owners that they had to pay to activate their Roku device.  If you are new to Roku, just remember Roku does not charge an activation fee, or offer you anything else (like free Hulu for life) for a price when activati...

Recently, residents in the West Settlement, Town of Roxbury area suffered an extended MTC Telecommunications outage that was the result of a gunshot to our Fiber Optic cable that services that area.  The birdshot penetrated the cable and caused catastrophic damage to t...