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HE NOTED THAT NOTHING IS INFALLIBLE, AND THE ONLY TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE AVAILABLE IN THAT AREA IS UNSATISFACTORY. COMMISSIONER LYONS INQUIRED ABOUT THE COMPLAINT THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO IMPROVE RECEPTION SINCE THE LAST RATE INCREASE. MR. HAIMOWITZ NOTED THAT COMMISSIONER DEESON IS ON HIS SERVICE, AND COMMISSIONER DEESON STATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO SAY THERE HAS BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENT; HE HAS NO PROBLEM AT ALL WITH CHANNEL.5, AND CHANNEL 9 IS AS NEAR PERFECT AS HE THOUGHT YOU COULD GET. IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH DOES NOT GET 12 CHANNELS. MR. HAIMOWITZ INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 3 CHANNELS IN A PREMIUM PACKAGE WHICH REQUIRES A SPECIAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, AND PEOPLE PAY EXTRA FOR THIS. HE NOTED THEY ALSO HAVE PBS AND THE INDEPENDENT CHANNEL OUT OF ORLANDO, CHANNEL 35. COMMISSIONER DEESON STATED THAT HE IS ABLE TO PICK UP ALL THREE OF THE MAJOR NETWORKS. MR. MILES COMMENTED THAT POWER WAS OUT IN SHADY REST PARK AFTER HURRICANE DAVID FOR ABOUT 12 HOURS, BUT IT WAS 2-3 DAYS BEFORE THEY GOT THE CABLE BACK. HE STATED THAT HE DOES LIKE CHANNEL 13 OUT OF TAMPA, BUT SOMETIMES GETS A DOUBLE IMAGE AND SOMETIMES IT FADES. HE NOTED THAT FREQUENTLY DURING THE WORLD SERIES, THE HERRING- BONE ON THE PROGRAM WAS TERRIBLE, AND HE HAD TO TRY ALL THREE CHANNELS TO GET A PICTURE. COMMISSIONER DEESON POINTED OUT THAT CHANNEL 13 IS 150 MILES AWAY, AND MR. HAIMOWITZ STATED THAT 13 WILL NOT BE BETTER UNLESS THEY RUN A WIRE ALL THE WAY OVER TO TAMPA, SO OBVIOUSLY THE THING TO DO IS TO PUT SOMETHING ELSE ON IN ITS PLACE THAT DOESNIT CREATE A PROBLEM, BUT IT IS MANY PEOPLE S FAVORITE CHANNEL. MR. MILES NOTED THAT WHEN YOU CALL IN TO COMPLAIN, FOR INSTANCE, DURING THE WORLD SERIES, THAT YOU ARE GETTING A LOUSY PICTURE, IT DOES NOT DO ANY GOOD TO COMPLAIN TO AN ANSWERING SERVICE AND HE FELT SOMEONE SHOULD BE THERE. NOV i.4 1970. 13 BOOK 42 FACE 90