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# Not getting the signal
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/not-getting-the-signal-editor/
- Published: 2006-12-25T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T23:25:58.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Linda Morris Santa Monica*

Since Time Warner Cable took over (“Cable causing friction,” Dec. 22, page 1), the signal breaks up on average once per program. The screen is pixelated for several seconds and the audio pauses. It is distracting and annoying. But to say that the franchise is not exclusive and suggest other cable systems could serve the same area simultaneously? Would they be using the same hardware? How is that likely to improve things? This is one of the earlier cable systems. Who will invest in the necessary upgrades? No one so far.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 25, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/122506.pdf?ref=smdp.com)