San Bruno is unique in that it is one of only a few cities on the West Coast to own and operate its own cable company. Started in 1971 after then-Public Works Director Leo Van Dusen first noticed that the city had the engineering to support the system, San Bruno Cable now provides digital cable, Internet and digital phone services. The company has 8,500 cable customers, more than 5,000 Internet customers and about 900 telephone customers.