Senoia residents

may soon have a choice in cable companies.

Newnan Utilities

assistant general manager Ellis Candenhead appeared before the City Council

Monday night and said his company wants to seek a franchise agreement

with the city.

The company

has had great success with its cable business and has even ventured into

Tyrone into adjoining Fayette County, he said.

"We have

40 percent coverage of Coweta County right now," he said.

The company

currently offers subscribers more than 90 channels, but plans to upgrade

to digital service in early 2002 and offer hundreds of channels.

The company

is building a satellite office at Thomas Crossroads, which will be even

closer for Senoia residents.

Newnan Utilities

offers 24-hour service during major outages and takes normal calls up

to 10 p.m. at night, he added.

Mayor Joan

Trammell said she had approached Newnan Utilities when she first took

office about supplying cable service to the city.

The company

can now offer the service since the city has grown so rapidly during the

last few years.

Trammell said

she would love to see competition come to the city.

"We constantly

get calls at City Hall complaining about the cable service," she

said.

Currently,

the city is served by AT&T Broadband in Peachtree City.

Another advantage

to Newnan Utilities providing service is the local channels offered by

the company.

The council

voted unanimously to pursue a franchise agreement with the company.