The Cape and Islands legislative delegation has jumped into the fray surrounding cable television contract talks for the Vineyard. State Sen. Dan Wolf and Rep. Tim Madden are scheduled to meet in Boston with Comcast representatives next week, where they said they will press the cable giant to provide service to Chappaquiddick as part of the upcoming contract.

Seth Rolbein, senior advisor to Senator Wolf, said yesterday that the conflict over whether to provide cable to Chappy represents a much broader issue for the Cape and the Islands.

“I know what an important issue it is to Chappaquiddick and it’s also a symbolic issue for a lot of people in terms of how Comcast provides services and what their responsibilities are,” Mr. Rolbein said. “[Comcast] is in an interesting place because they provide an important service but they are not a public utility, they’re a private corporation and have a responsibility to shareholders and a bottom line, and we understand that. But we also feel that they perform an important function for our communities and they need to be as responsive as they possibly can.”

Negotiations for a new 10-year franchise agreement with Comcast to provide service for all six Vineyard towns began in June. Late last month Edgartown pulled out of the talks and said it will stay out until Chappaquiddick service is included in the contract.

Service to underserved areas on the Island has been a major point of concern for the Islandwide cable advisory board negotiating the contract.

Comcast has been in separate negotiations with the power company NStar for the use of one of two electric conduits beneath the Edgartown harbor. Mr. Rolbein said yesterday that Comcast and NStar have reached an agreement.

“My understanding is that impediment has been removed,” Mr. Rolbein said. “Based on that, we felt now is a good moment to move for more progress.”

Echoing Mr. Rolbein, Vineyard legislative liaison Nell Coogan said the entire Island deserves to have adequate cable service. “We’ve been talking with them for months and Mr. Madden’s biggest thing is not even just Chappaquiddick but the entire Island — Chilmark and Aquinnah have their issues too,” she said. “In this day and age it’s such a necessity to have Internet be affordable and accessible. It’s crazy that it’s even an issue.”