EDITOR, The Tribune.

Please publish this letter to the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) on the proposed increase of Cable Bahamas fees:

To Whom It May Concern,

The Bahamas is an archipelago of islands on which many Bahamians live. We work on one and travel to Family Islands; in instances our “hometowns” on weekends, holidays, to funerals, weddings, anniversaries, etc. Travel may occur several of them per year. As Bahamians we expect the same services when we travel to these islands. This is not the case!

We who live in New Providence have families and friends on these islands and should speak out on their behalf. Cable Bahamas has not lived up to their commitments and we who pay (I am sure) would not have a problem paying 27 per cent when all Bahamians are treated fairly. How could you come to us for an increase when our children on some family islands, the future of our country, cannot get the same opportunities as their peers in the capital or other islands? Yes, they need to use the Internet like any other Bahamians. Who are looking out for them?

Please URCA before you make any decisions on this increase for Cable Bahamas make sure every school aged Bahamian student has access to cable especially the Internet.

One of the Golden Knights, Chris Brown is from the settlement of Wemys’s Bight, Eleuthera with over sixty homes averaging four persons residing in each house. Families and friends were not able to watch him on the world stage due to the lack of a simple necessity of cable television. Please URCA do not let another person become famous from any other family island and Cable Bahamas gets thumbs down. I am writing on behalf of the people of Wemys’s Bight, South Eleuthera.

MILDRED S YOUNG

September 20, 2012