Atlantic Broadband
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| TV, Internet & Phone services | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 2004, as spin-off of Charter Communications |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Frank van der Post (President) |
| Products | Narrowcasting, Broadband Internet, Voice over IP |
| Parent | Cogeco (2012–present) |
| Website | www.atlanticbb.com |
Atlantic Broadband, a subsidiary of Cogeco Communications Inc. is the 8th largest cable operator in the United States, based on the number of television service customers served.[citation needed] The company currently provides TV, Internet and phone services to approximately 307,000 television service customers located in eleven states: New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, New York Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, South Carolina and Florida. Atlantic Broadband is headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts. It was formed by acquiring nonstrategic regions from Charter Communications in 2004 and from the acquisition of properties from MetroCast. The company was originally when spun off from Charter, (Atlantic) at the time was the 14th largest cable group in the U.S. market, it was owned by Abry Partners IV, L.P. and Oak Hill Capital Partners. (the private equity firm run by Robert M. Bass) [1] On July 18, 2012, it was announced that Cogeco would be purchasing Atlantic Broadband for US$1.36 billion.[2][3]
In 2018, Cogeco acquired MetroCast and merged it with the Atlantic Broadband system. MetroCast networks covered around 236,000 homes and businesses in New Hampshire, Maine, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia and served about 120,000 Internet, 76,000 cable and 37,000 telephone customers.[4]
See also[edit]
- List of United States telephone companies
- List of multiple-system operators
- List of wired multiple-system broadband providers in Massachusetts (by municipality)
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/canadas-cogeco-cable-buys-atlantic-broadband-351694. Missing or empty
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- ^ http://www.digitalhome.ca/2012/12/cogeco-cable-finalizes-acquisition-of-atlantic-broadband/
- ^ U.S. Cable Company MetroCast Sold to Canada's Cogeco Communications For $1.4B
External links[edit]
- Quincy, Massachusetts
- Companies based in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- Companies based in Southeastern Massachusetts
- Cable television companies of the United States
- Telecommunications companies based in Massachusetts
- Cogeco
- Charter Communications
- 2012 mergers and acquisitions
- American subsidiaries of foreign companies
