Cable Guys

Hundreds of condos tightly packed on Naples' tony Gulfshore Boulevard could be a bonanza for an upstart cable company.

In an effort to snag business away from Comcast, entrepreneurs Josh Henschell and David Nickerson have raised $2 million from investors to install fiber cable in condos and other dense residential developments in Lee and Collier counties.

Their company, Pathworks, has an agreement with the phone company CenturyLink to provide television and other communications services such as high-speed Internet and digital phone. Pathworks installs the fiber in a building or residential community and then connects directly to the phone company's lines. So far, three condo towers on Gulfshore Boulevard totaling 180 units have signed up.