Makes you feel good if you’re a Brit, doesn’t it – Rochester, New York appears likely to become the first US city where people will be able to make phone calls over their cable television systems, writes Associated Press: Rochester Telephone Corp agreed today to connect with a phone system Time Warner Cable is building from its cable TV operation in the city; the agreement is the first of its kind between a cable operator and a major telephone company in the US; telephone service through cable systems is becoming common in Britain, where telecommunications laws are less restrictive, the wire notes.
