Comcast will be joining Service Electric as a cable TV and internet provider in Wilkes-Barre.
The city council on Thursday voted unanimously to approve a franchise deal with Comcast in which the cable provider will pay the city the same fees Service Electric pays.
Mayor George Brown said the move will bring competition to the local cable/internet market and provide city residents with more choice.
Jay Maniskas, senior director of construction for Comcast, told the council that Comcast is a nontraditional cable network, in that it uses a âfiber deepâ architecture that gets fiber closer to the home before switching to coaxial cable.