Buckeye Broadband
Buckeye CableSystem | |
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | Toledo, Ohio |
Headquarters | Toledo, Ohio |
Key people | Allan Block Chairman |
Products | Cable TV, Broadband Internet, Dial-Up Internet, WiFi Hotspots, Digital Voice |
Website | www.buckeyecablesystem.com |
Buckeye CableSystem, formerly known as The CableSystem until the 1990s, is a cable company located in Toledo, Ohio and serves Northwest Ohio and parts of Southeast Michigan. Buckeye CableSystem is a full service cable company including TV, broadband, and home telephone services.
It is owned by Block Communications, alongside The Blade newspaper.
Buckeye CableSystem also operates the cable system in Sandusky and Erie County in North Central Ohio, which was formerly known as Erie County Cablevision.
Buckeye CableSystem also originates three cable-only channels, Toledo's CW Network affiliate WT05, a regional sports network Buckeye Cable Sports Network (BCSN), and a 24-hour real estate channel, HomeFinder Channel 100 (available to Buckeye Digital subscribers).
Services
- Buckeye Digital—Digital TV service, including Video-on-Demand, DVR, and HD along with standard digital channels.
- Buckeye Access—Dial-up internet service.
- Buckeye Express—High-speed broadband service, in six different speeds (800 Kbit/s Down 100 Kbits/s Up, 4 Mbit/s Down 1 Mbit/s Up, 10 Mbit/s Down 1 Mbit/s Up, 20 Mbit/s Down 1.5 Mbit/s Up, 30 Mbit/s Down 2 Mbit/s up speeds and 50 Mbit/s Down 3 Mbit/s Up)
- Buckeye Express Wireless—Wireless high-speed broadband hotspot service, available at various restaurants and libraries throughout the Toledo area; access is free for subscribers and available to all others for a fee. Toledo-area Burger Kings are also Buckeye hotspots, although these are free to subscribers and non-subscribers alike.
- Buckeye TEL—Digital home telephone service, using a hybrid VoIP.