http://davidsonnews.net Local news in Davidson, N.C. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:47:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2012/01/30/network-center-opens-mi-connection-completes-shift-to-stand-alone-company/ http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2012/01/30/network-center-opens-mi-connection-completes-shift-to-stand-alone-company/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:49:37 +0000 David Boraks http://davidsonnews.net/?p=58342 MI-Connection Communications System completed its takeover of day-to-day operations of the local cable TV and internet network as scheduled Jan. 15. Meanwhile, the system's board did not get a scheduled financial report last week because of the transition, but the CEO reported customer gains. ]]> http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2012/01/30/network-center-opens-mi-connection-completes-shift-to-stand-alone-company/feed/ 0 http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/12/20/as-web-movies-gaming-grow-mi-connection-adds-capacity/ http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/12/20/as-web-movies-gaming-grow-mi-connection-adds-capacity/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:01:05 +0000 David Boraks http://davidsonnews.net/?p=57262 http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/12/20/as-web-movies-gaming-grow-mi-connection-adds-capacity/feed/ 0 http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/12/12/board-to-be-sworn-in-tues-cable-rail-meetings/ http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/12/12/board-to-be-sworn-in-tues-cable-rail-meetings/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:41:37 +0000 David Boraks http://davidsonnews.net/?p=56951 http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/12/12/board-to-be-sworn-in-tues-cable-rail-meetings/feed/ 0 http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/12/12/comment-net-speeds-arent-the-only-measure/ http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/12/12/comment-net-speeds-arent-the-only-measure/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:44:01 +0000 David Boraks http://davidsonnews.net/?p=56937 http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/12/12/comment-net-speeds-arent-the-only-measure/feed/ 0 http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/12/06/towns-network-purchase-was-a-pro-consumer-deal/ http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/12/06/towns-network-purchase-was-a-pro-consumer-deal/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:22:19 +0000 David Boraks http://davidsonnews.net/?p=56763 Robert Maier has been thinking about the local cable and internet system, and the big picture. He says a recent New York Times article (“The New Digital Divide”) about why the US ranks so low among developed nations in Internet connectivity underscores the excellent reasons why Davidson and Mooresville purchased scandal-ridden Adelphia's decrepit local communications network several years ago. ]]> http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/12/06/towns-network-purchase-was-a-pro-consumer-deal/feed/ 12 http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/11/30/mi-connection-upgrades-internet-capacity-but-outage-affects-some/ http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/11/30/mi-connection-upgrades-internet-capacity-but-outage-affects-some/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:57:59 +0000 David Boraks http://davidsonnews.net/?p=56538 http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/11/30/mi-connection-upgrades-internet-capacity-but-outage-affects-some/feed/ 4 http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/11/23/ex-time-warner-exec-auger-to-run-mi-connection/ http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/11/23/ex-time-warner-exec-auger-to-run-mi-connection/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:57:14 +0000 David Boraks http://davidsonnews.net/?p=56375 http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/11/23/ex-time-warner-exec-auger-to-run-mi-connection/feed/ 0 http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/11/21/towns-to-take-over-cable-system-dec-1-board-vote-tue/ http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/11/21/towns-to-take-over-cable-system-dec-1-board-vote-tue/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:24:34 +0000 David Boraks http://davidsonnews.net/?p=56292 MOORESVILLE - MI-Connection Communications System and Bristol Virginia Utilities (BVU) have agreed on a revised operating contract that will transfer main responsibility for running the system to MI-Connection as of Dec. 1. The MI-Connection board of directors has scheduled a special meeting this Tuesday, Nov. 22, in Mooresville to approve the new deal.]]> http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2011/11/21/towns-to-take-over-cable-system-dec-1-board-vote-tue/feed/ 0