Posted on 28 January 2011.
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net
Updated Jan. 31, 7:30 a.m.
MOORESVILLE – Growth in sales of internet and telephone services offset 
a continued decline in cable TV subscribers and boosted quarterly and half-year operating earnings at MI-Connection Communications System, the town-owned system reported Friday.
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Posted on 25 January 2011.
The MI-Connection Board of Directors meets Friday, Jan. 28, for its monthly review. The agenda is expected to include updates on second quarter and half-year financial results, monthly operations, and progress on the company’s “Community” marketing plan. General Manager Alan Hall said he also expects the board to discuss a product and pricing analysis he has prepared. Read the full story
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Posted on 28 December 2010.
Satellite TV provider DirecTV said Monday it will raise rates for most TV packages beginning in February. The company said in a note on its website that higher programming costs make the increase necessary. News reports said DirecTV enacted a similar rate increase a year ago.
DirecTV said rates for “most TV packages” will rise 4 percent, while prices also will rise for some optional services.
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Posted on 24 December 2010.
MI-Connection Communications System technicians were called to repair a cable TV outage at The Pines at Davidson. Residents reported the cable went out Thursday night around 10 p.m. Service was restored around 12:30 p.m. Friday. Read the full story
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Posted on 12 December 2010.
Minivan went off road and hit pole east of the East Rocky River roundabout. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)
Updated 2:18 p.m.
A driver lost control of his minivan at the East Rocky River/Concord Road roundabout around 5:30 a.m. Sunday and slammed into a utility pole. The crash knocked cable lines down across the road, and forced the closing of Davidson-Concord Road in both directions. Read the full story
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Posted on 02 December 2010.
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net
MI-Connection and the Virginia company that operates the communications system have agreed in principle to reconfigure their relationship through a new contract that eventually could give the towns of Davidson and Mooresville more oversight and control of the system they bought in 2007.
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Posted on 19 November 2010.
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net
MOORESVILLE – Auditors found no accounting concerns in MI-Connection Communications System’s 2009-2010 year-end financial report, though system officials acknowledge that they need to keep focusing on growth. Meanwhile, board members at their meeting Thursday broached the subject of a possible price increase – something the system avoided this year, but is likely to be considered in the coming months. Read the full story
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Posted on 16 November 2010.
MOORESVILLE – The board of directors of the MI-Connection Communication System meets Thursday, Nov. 18, for a monthly meeting that is expected to include an FY 2010 audit report from auditors Dixon Hughes. The meeting begins at 7:30 a.m. at the MI-Connection board room, 420 S. Academy St., Mooresville. Read the full story
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