1965 founders john donofrio hilda donofrio headquarters 57 everett st warren ri 02885 us key people linda jane maaia president ceo products cable television broadband internet digital telephony number of employees 20 2013 slogan the digital lifeline for the east bay . website http www.fullchannel.com full channel inc. formerly full channel tv inc. is a private family owned rhode island corporation providing digital cable television internet and telecommunications services in rhode island . it is the third largest 1 cable television and internet service provider in the state . its wired communications network is available to the approximately 50 000 residents of bristol county rhode island . 2 full channel s main office is at 57 everett street in warren rhode island u.s. 3 4 contents 1 history 2 services 2.1 full channel tv 2.2 full channel high speed internet 2.3 full channel digital phone 2.4 greenlink 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1965 john donofrio a former broadcast engineer and general manager at wpfm now wbru in providence and sales executive at charles river broadcasting in boston founded full channel tv inc. 5 upon learning of the potential success of community antenna television . later that year donofrio s company was awarded the first cable television franchise in rhode island after his application was approved by the city of east providence . however before full channel began construction of a system in east providence cable television franchising authority was transferred away from local municipalities to the rhode island public utilities commission . in 1974 full channel was among the nine original cable franchises awarded by the puc and was ultimately assigned to the state s catv service area 5 bristol county rhode island . it wouldn t be until 1982 that legal wrangling would allow for the original franchisees to begin building their systems . 6 in 1982 full channel hired a workforce opened a local business office and began building its cable system . in the winter of 1983 the company s first cable television subscriber was connected . the company remained the only cable provider in bristol county until 2001 when cox communications overbuilt full channel as part of its bid to service the entire state of rhode island . 7 today full channel competes with various tv internet and phone offerings from cox verizon communications directv and dish network . since the entry of these competitors to the market full channel has presumably lost some of its customer base however the actual number of subscribers each company serves is not publicly available . since donofrio s death in 2004 his daughter linda jane maaia son in law william maaia and grandson levi c. maaia have run the company . 8 9 in 1983 full channel became the first cable operator in rhode island to deploy analog addressable set top converters allowing customers to watch pay per view events and premium networks in 2001 full channel begins offering cable modem internet service in 2002 full channel begins offering digital tv in 2003 full channel completes its hybrid fiber coax and digital system upgrades in 2004 full channel begins offering local telephone service as a verizon reseller in 2004 after the death of company founder and president john donofrio linda jane maaia takes over operations of the company in 2008 the company launches its greenlink wind energy program in 2009 cablefax awards full channel its top operator award for community service in 2011 full channel becomes the fourth u.s. cable system to offer al jazeera english in its lineup 10 in 2011 full channel begins offering residential digital phone services in 2013 full channel upgrades its network to docsis 3.0 brodband internet service 11 in 2013 full channel launches tv everywhere platform for on demand online viewing of cable tv networks 12 in 2014 full channel co founder and chairwoman hilda donofrio passes away 13 in 2014 full channel begins offering digital phone services for businesses services edit full channel tv edit full channel s most widely distributed service is limited basic tv . this tier provides local broadcast signals and local cable access channels to all tv sets both analog and digital . expanded basic and digital services are also available which add high definition and specialty services like dvr . 14 the company also airs the three rhode island statewide interconnect channels as well as two local public and government access channels for the towns of barrington warren and bristol rhode island . 15 the company does not presently offer video on demand services . full channel high speed internet edit full channel offers three levels of residential internet service in addition to two levels of business internet tiers using docsis 3.0 technology . 16 both business and residential service classes are divided into tiers . the fastest offering is diamond 110 tier which provides 110 mbit s download . the company also offers enterprise level fiber optic internet circuits to larger businesses and institutions . 17 full channel digital phone edit full channel offers two residential calling plans and two business calling plans with a variety of features . silver plan includes some features and local calling . gold plan includes all features and nationwide calling . 18 greenlink edit in 2008 full channel partnered with people s power and light a 501 c 3 to deliver greenlink full channel s renewable energy initiative . the company claims this is the first such initiative in the cable industry . customers who elect to participate in the program ensure that the energy used to power their broadband connection comes from wind power . this contribution goes directly to people s power and light s wind projects in new england which works with national grid plc to purchase more wind power . in 2009 cablefax awarded full channel its top operator award for community service for its efforts with greenlink and other community based activities . 19 references edit rhode island puc . retrieved 17 october 2011 . us census bureau american factfinder bristol county r.i. . retrieved 17 october 2011 . contact full channel . retrieved 17 october 2011 . john donofrio ; owner of full channel and a pioneer in cable tv . retrieved 17 october 2011 . full channel summary screen . state of rhode island and providence plantations office of the secretary of state . john donofrio ; owner of full channel and a pioneer in cable tv . retrieved 17 october 2011 . cable tv exec never envisioned herself at helm . pbn.com . our story . full channel . retrieved 29 july 2012 . david and goliath cable fight looms . pbn.com . full channel adds three cable networks to line up . retrieved 17 october 2011 . open internet disclosire . full channel . tv everywhere . full channel . retrieved 28 february 2014 . full channel s hilda donofrio dies at 87 . broadcasting & cable . pricing . full channel . tv . full channel . open internet disclosire . 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