Cable

The Rancho Murieta Association says its upgrade of the cable/broadband system will prompt a planned outage from 5 to 7 a.m. Thursday in the area of Pera Drive, Lago, Lindero, Carreta, Brisa, Colina, Pescado, Neva, Cayo, Plano, and Crotina. as well as a small portion on Guadalupe near Pera.  The RMA says this repair will correct a problem with the fiber node on Pera Drive.

The Rancho Murieta Association is planning cable repairs that will interrupt service in part of Murieta South Friday morning.  An e-mail announcement by Paul Venturella, the RMA's communications manager, said a failing fiber optic node will be replaced on Murieta Parkway South and Celebrar Street.  Customers in the immediate area will be affected, Venturella said, with work starting at 7 a.m. and wrapping up by 9.

The Rancho Murieta Association board of directors Tuesday night heard a presentation about the community’s water supply by a development critic who claims the Community Services District has manipulated numbers to serve developers. The board approved a brochure to be mailed to Murietans about a possible $3.8 million community center and swimming pool, and they got an update on the association’s cable system rebuild.  Log in to your RanchoMurieta.com account to see a video of the meeting.  See video »

In addition to regular announcements on its web site, the Rancho Murieta Association has added a telephone hotline to alert Murietans to rebuilding work that will disrupt cable and Internet service for some members over the next six months.  Read more »

The Rancho Murieta Association, which is doing upgrade work on the community's cable and broadband system, is offering updates on possible service disruptions at the RMA web site.  Here's the latest update, which sees possible brief upgrade-related outages over the next 10 days in the lower part of Rancho Murieta North.  Read more »

The Rancho Murieta Association Communications Committee got a close-up look at RMA broadband at work and its biggest user Wednesday, and learned how to manage bandwidth use and save $4,000 a year.  Read more »

[Full story published March 18] The Rancho Murieta Association board of directors Tuesday night unanimously approved a contract to rebuild the community’s cable system and discussed the general manager’s suggestion to simplify driveway parking procedures.  Read more »

With a new communications manager on board, the Rancho Murieta Association Communications Committee prepared Wednesday to move forward on two long-postponed projects: rebuilding the cable system and installing a new phone system. The committee also voted to replace the music channels on RMA cable with a similar service.  Read more »

The Rancho Murieta Association’s new communications manager, who starts the job Monday, has more than three decades of experience in the cable field.  Read more »

The Rancho Murieta Association board of directors voted Thursday night to keep operating and maintenance costs for the cable system in the 2010 budget after President Jim Moore made a surprise departure from the course endorsed by the Ad Hoc Cable TV Committee. Moore is a member of the committee.  Read more »