Charter Communications Long Beach California won't say when simultrans delivery will be phased out, but it is safe to assume it will stay around as long as there's a significant analog base (or until that base gets so low that Charter will opt to give the analog holdouts digital boxes).

This puts Mayor O'Neill's corner of the U.S. on the cutting edge when it comes to telecommunications technology. charter broadband internet system in Long Beach now has more than enough bandwidth capacity to handle all existing services and whatever new ones are developed.

Being the first cable operator to come to bat with a big-market, all-digital system was enough for us to consider naming Charter Communications Long Beach California operation our 2004 System of the Year; the MSO's success with that launch pretty much sealed it.

"From everything we've seen, all-digital has been a hit with our residents," Mayor O'Neill says. "Charter made a big splash on this, and we're pleased to be home to the pilot program. People here are getting better programming with better picture quality, and they have to pay a lot more attention to cable."

As for DBS—all-digital from the start of its national footprint— Charter Communications Long Beach California and the other top MSOs now have the answer to one of their rival's biggest selling points, as more operators put similar infrastructures in place. charter internet deals is on course to equal—and eventually surpass—DBS on channel capacity. "The message from the competition was, `We're digital and you're not.' This takes the wind out of their sails,"