Phonoscope Communications
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Phonoscope Communications is a broadband
Broadband Internet access
Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is a high data rate, low-latency connection to the Internet— typically contrasted with dial-up access using a 56 kbit/s modem or satellite Internet with inherently high latency....

 and cable television
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...

 provider with corporate headquarters in Houston
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

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Lee Cook, Founder and CEO -

As one of Houston's most prominent businessmen that nobody seems to truly know, the elusive Lee Cook was transferred to Houston from The Manhattan Project by bankers W.T. Carter and Jesse H. Jones in the early 1950s. They, with the involvement of entertainment tycoon Bing Crosby, founded Phonoscope in 1953. The group launched the city's first cable television company in downtown Houston, and introduced video conferencing service to high rise office buildings in the mid 1950s. Later ventures into the education and medical fields with their '2-way' television allowed Phonoscope to become designated as a Texas public utility company. Phonoscope stands today as the oldest and largest privately owned/operated metropolitan area fiber network in North America, and remains the preferred choice for secure commercial and residential telecommunications in Houston and surrounding Texas counties.

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