- Dates
- 2009-09-02 – 2009-09-03
- Kind
- Service_change
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationinfrastructuremediacommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On September 2, 2009, Beaver Island forum participants reported that Pine River Cable television service had stopped, leaving subscribers with an “Unauthorized subscriber” message. A subscriber said Pine River attributed the change to cancellation by its programming provider. The discussion then turned to satellite alternatives and the possible value of retaining the island cable infrastructure for local content.
Evidence limits
This is a service-disruption record based principally on subscriber reports. The forum’s quoted NewsFlash material is not treated here as a verified court record or definitive account of ownership, liability, or the cable system’s ultimate disposition.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- A resident reported low-hanging cable wires along Lake Drive toward Gull Harbor and raised an unresolved concern about emergency-vehicle clearance and removal responsibility. This is a location-specific safety observation, not an inspection, ownership determination, or proof that the wires were removed.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002695
- Subscriber reports describe a blank-screen unauthorized-subscriber notice and a Pine River Cable explanation that its programming provider had canceled service; a later post quotes a NorthernIslander NewsFlash account and mentions a reported DIRECTV lawsuit. The thread also records residents considering satellite alternatives.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001879
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Pine River Cable service is reported discontinued on Beaver Island, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-pine-river-cable-service-discontinuation-2009/, accessed [date], citing medic5740, "Cable Company demise and sagging wires," Beaver Island Forum, August 23, 2010. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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