Jerome Erickson, Vice President of Technical Operations for Orbitel Communications was inducted into the Arizona-New Mexico Cable Communications Association’s Hall of Fame at a dinner on February 6, 2012 in Phoenix. The AZ-NM CCA works closely with state and federal lawmakers to implement a positive legislative program for the cable television industry. Inductees are cited … Continue reading →

From approximately February 26 through March 13, Orbitel Communications and other cable TV operators experience sun outages which impact our cable TV services. Sun outages are an inherent part of satellite and broadcast TV operations which impact every cable TV and satellite operator in the country. The effects will be seen on various channels and … Continue reading →

Between 12:01am and 5:00am on Friday, February 10, 2012 Orbitel Communications will be performing a major network repair and upgrade for customers located in Acacia Crossing, Province, Heritage District and some sections of Rancho of El Dorado. During this time, customers will experience a full interruption in all of their Orbitel cable, internet and digital … Continue reading →

Orbitel Communications announces two major enhancements to its Maricopa high speed internet offerings effective February 1st.  The company is increasing its popular 9Mbps service offering to 12Mbps and is launching a new 50Mbps service. The new 50Mbps service gives Orbitel customers in Maricopa access to the fastest published residential internet speeds in Arizona.  “This is … Continue reading →

Between 12:01am and 6:00am on Friday, January 27, 2012 Orbitel Communications will be performing a major network repair and upgrade for customers located in Acacia Crossing, Cobblestone Farms, Heritage District, Rancho El Dorado and the Villages. During this time, customers will experience a full interruption in all of their Orbitel cable, internet and digital phone … Continue reading →

Between 12:01am and 7:00am on Sunday, January 22, 2012, KPHO will be conducting scheduled transmitter maintenance. During this time, customers will experience interruption to their Orbitel cable TV services for the following channels: 5-KPHO CBS 75-KPHO Weather 805-KPHO CBS HD  Internet and Digital Phone services will not be affected during this maintenance window. KPHO personnel … Continue reading →

Orbitel Communications added two new channels to its extensive channel lineup on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. Orbitel Digital cable TV customers will now enjoy MeTV (Ch 84) and Live Well Network (Ch 85). With the addition of MeTV and LWN, Orbitel offers over 290 channels to their customers in Maricopa. MeTV, Memorable Television Entertainment, showcases … Continue reading →

Orbitel Communications announces that between the hours of midnight – 2am on Tuesday January 3, 2012 it will be conducting a major equipment upgrade that will impact all of its customers and all of the services it provides. While Orbitel personnel believe that the total outage will be less than 30 minutes, it is possible … Continue reading →

Orbitel Communications, LLC (“Orbitel”) announced today that it has secured the continued carriage of all of its broadcast TV stations effective beyond January 1, 2012. Every three years, cable TV and satellite operators must negotiate for continued carriage of ‘free’ off-the-air broadcast TV services in a process referred to as retransmission consent. These channels, that … Continue reading →

The Orbitel offices will be closed on Saturday, December 24th and Monday, December 26th for the Christmas Holiday. We will resume regular business hours at 8am Tuesday, December 27th. In observance of New Year’s Day, the offices will be closed on Saturday, December 31st and Monday, January 2nd. We will resume regular business hours at … Continue reading →