Independent operators are headed to Indianapolis next week for NCTC and ACA’s Independent Show. One person who understands the joys and hardships of being a Tier 2 or Tier 3 operator is ACA president/CEO Matt Polka. We spoke to him recently about the regulatory issues facing this group.

“Regulations on small cable businesses, now small broadband businesses, have a disproportionate impact than on larger businesses because we have fewer customers per mile over which to spread the cost of that regulation,” Polka says. View the entire video series, sponsored by CSG International, here.

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