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Why Cable TV in Birmingham, AL
If you are considering cable TV in Birmingham, check out a few of the reasons the CableTV.com team enjoys it. For starters, cable keeps you entertained with hundreds of all-digital HD channels, that don't depend on the weather being nice. It provides On Demand entertainment as well as movies, TV shows, and local programming. Cable TV is a better value because there is less equipment to buy or rent, and installation is easier. Most providers offer a free HD DVR, and you can bundle digital cable with high-speed internet--which is faster than DSL--and only pay one bill every month. Plus cable is:
Watchable
Reliable
Accessible
Cable TV offersmore HD choices
Snow may mess up satellite, but itdoesn't faze cable
Cable can beinstalled virtually anywhere
How Birmingham, AL Residents Watch TV
To learn about viewing trends and cable TV in Birmingham, AL, examine habits of Americans at large. In America, 33% of homes have four or more TVs, and even though about half the population streams some TV content, 97% of U.S. residents still primarily watch broadcast TV. Well over 72% of people in the U.S. bundle their cable subscriptions to include both TV and high-speed Internet. To help you put that in context, because we're just that nice, of the 228,074 people in Birmingham, that's:
- 75,264 owners of at least 4 TV's
- 109,476 who take the term 'television' show lightly (and stream instead)
- 221,232 keeping to traditional TV for their favorite shows
- 164,213 users with bundled cable subscriptions
- 189,301 lucky enough to have free evenings to watch live television.
Why Choose Cable Internet in Birmingham
Just how popular are cable TV and Internet bundles in Birmingham? And how many people subscribe to cable high-speed? First, bundling cable services saves subscribers an estimated $400 per year. Next, cable Internet is blazing fast--above the FCC defined minimum for broadband speed--with around 5-10 Mbps downstream. Out of 228,074 Birmingham residents, 72,984 of them are cable Internet users. And broadband usage grew from 109,476 to 127,721 from 2009 to 2010.
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CableTV.com's Favorite Birmingham Actors
Stats are cool, but they're just the icing on our CableTV.com cake of knowledge. Many important TV stars were born in Birmingham. Not only was Ashley Crow, best known for a role on the hit show "Probe," born in Birmingham, but a number of other stars called this city home too. Here's a look at Birmingham's A- (or at least B-) list:
- Candace Bailey
- Courteney Cox
- Kate Jackson
- Latham Gaines
- Tyler Layton
- Fannie Flagg
- Gail Strickland
- Louise Fletcher
- Nell Carter
- Walton Goggins
Find Cable TV in Birmingham
We hope by now that you figured out that we know television like Sam Malone knows Norm. That being said, our knowledge includes finding you the best cable option in your area. Your local government is responsible for the licensing for providers of cable services; most regions are only allowed to have one provider, so you won't likely see an overlap of multiple carriers in your area. Call us today to get connected with your Birmingham cable provider.
