AT&T Broadband

activated its new fiber-optic cable service in Peachtree City Wednesday

night and early Thursday morning, turning on improved service to 12,000

customers.

If you haven't

noticed any difference yet, turn off your cable box for an hour or two.

The box has to be off in order for a signal to reach it and switch it

over to the new service.

After the upgrade,

customers will find that the number of channels available on the old cable

boxes has gone from 55 to 78, and some of the stations they're accustomed

to watching will be on different channels than before.

For approximately

500 customers who preregistered for the digital cable upgrade, AT&T

expects to deliver new boxes this weekend. The new digital boxes will

make 260 channels available, plus access to more pay per view and movie

channels, along with music channels.

AT&T spokesman

Reg Griffin said some areas of the city experienced outages last week

when construction crews working to install the upgrade cut the lines by

mistake.

"Fortunately,

all of that should be coming to a close," he said.

For those who

haven't yet ordered the new digital cable boxes, there's no additional

charge. Phone 678-545-2289 (2BUY).

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