“Residents of
Unalaska will now enjoy an abundance of new entertainment options
as well as the convenience of these user-friendly on-screen functions,” Goggins
said.
Eyecom’s digital television service requires
subscription to Eyecom’s basic service, which provides 43
channels to all cable-ready television sets at the customer location.
Digital converter boxes to enable a television
set to receive all the benefits of the new service are an additional
$8.95 per television set.
There is no set-up fee or installation cost for
upgrading to digital service and non-subscribers will be eligible
for discounted installation between Nov. 7th and the end of 2005. The
cost of installation for non-subscribers is $10. Subscribers
to Eyecom’s premium channels will receive seven channels
of HBO and eight channels of Cinemax at no extra cost when they
obtain digital service.
Eyecom’s digital offering also features parental
locks, allowing the customer to block pay-per-view purchases, hide
movie titles and prevent access to programming according to its
rating.
Information on the pay-per-view channels, additional
premium channels and music channels is available at TelAlaska’s office at 599 E. Broadway. The
local office number is 581-1399 and hours are Monday through Friday,
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except Wednesdays when hours are 9:00 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m.
Eyecom Cable, a subsidiary of TelAlaska, also provides
cable television services to Galena, and Girdwood. TelAlaska, established
in 1968, provides local telephone service to 25 rural communities
and advanced telecommunications statewide. TelAlaska is headquartered
in Anchorage and has area offices in Unalaska, Seward, and Nome,
and agents in more than a half-dozen other rural communities.
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