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, though it does not serve that metro area. A former subsidiary of

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, its name was changed in 1997 from Post-Newsweek Cable. In summer 2019, Cable One re-branded itself as Sparklight, seeking to promote its internet services more than cable TV offerings. Equipment with Cable One branding is still used by longtime customers, but new customers get equipment with Sparklight branding. Cable One's original URL, cableone.net, redirects to sparklight.com. Sparklight provides broadband service via cable (DOCSIS) through most of its footprint, and fiber-to-the-home in limited areas. Sparklight provides phone service plans such as Economy Phone, Standard Phone, and Elite Package with Starter Plan Plus. Sparklight offers three cable TV plans: Economy Cable TV, Standard Cable TV, and Elite 100 Plus. Cable TV can also be accessed on Apple iPhone, Android,

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, and Nook through Sparklight's TV Everywhere service. Sparklight offers a Digital Value Pack which includes channels such as Red Zone, HBO, and Showtime as add-ons. Cable channels owned by

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are notably absent from Cable One's lineup after 2014 (with the exception of

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and over the air channels) due to disagreements between Viacom and Cable One. Its Cable TV service previously used a single cable connected directly to the TV to provide channels, but switched to using a cable box in early 2015 to provide channels. Cable One had promised superior image quality with their cable boxes, but some customers have reported that the cable boxes often display poor image quality. In 2020, Cable One announced a new

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-based service, Sparklight TV, which was made available to many areas throughout 2021. Existing cable customers are not yet required to transfer to Sparklight TV, but cable through a cable box is no longer offered to new customers.

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