ALL'S well that ends well for Somerset resident Eugene Brangman.

Mr. Brangman, 52, had been involved in a bitter feud with Bermuda CableVision after the local cable company provider suspended a coaxial cable above his West Side and Main Road residence without his full knowledge early last November.

During the six-week stand-off, the self-employed painter sought legal advice from two attorneys, submitted four letters to CableVision and threatened to cut the cable himself if it wasn't removed.

Last Thursday, however, just as sudden as its appearance, was the bothersome cable's disappearance, as CableVision personnel quietly had it removed from Mr. Brangman's premises.

The matter might not have escalated in the first place if CableVision had sought permission before erecting the cable, said Mr. Brangman.

"We could have worked it out together," he said.

"It's just a question of respect. You just don't go to somebody's house and put a cable across their roof like that, I believe they even climbed on the roof.

"I just don't how they could get that cable between the two chimneys without climbing onto the roof."

Mr. Brangman, who sought legal advice from lawyers Larry Scott and John Barritt, said laws were in place to protect the rights of citizens.

"There are laws against what they did.

"If they want to provide service to a person who doesn't live in a particular house then they have to get permission from the person who lives or owns the house in order to run a cable across that property. And this is what they didn't do," he explained.

Mr. Brangman was also upset over a large coil of cable which was left on his Somerset property.

Bermuda CableVision, meanwhile, again declined to comment on the matter.

Mr. Brangman, however, thanked Bermuda CableVision general manager Jeremy Elmas for his assistance in having the cable finally removed.

"We are very grateful for the part you played in this conclusive activity and thank you very much," he wrote in a letter forwarded to the general manager.

"I'm very happy because they saved me from having to cut it, and I didn't see where I would have been in the wrong for cutting it.

"This whole thing was all about respect for other's property," he said.