Demanding Different Cable Service at Rental Property

If you live in an apartment complex that only has one cable provider, you have no legal basis to force your landlord to offer up an alternative. In many instances, your landlord may have negotiated a special agreement and discount with one cable provider and you benefit from that agreement. Sometimes the landlord picked one because it uses cable boxes and not ugly satellite dishes. Whatever the case, in residential areas, the landlord has satisfied the demands of the Federal Communications Act and you have no basis for a claim.