| 词条 | Wide Open West | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 释义 |
| name = Wide Open West | logo = WOW! logo.svg | type = Public | traded_as = {{NYSE|WOW}} Russell 2000 Component | key_people = Teresa Elder, Chief Executive Officer and President | industry = Telecommunications | products = Cable television, broadband Internet, landline telephone | slogan = | foundation = 1996 | location = Denver, Colorado | homepage = {{URL|www.wowway.com}} }}Wide Open West (doing business as WOW![1]) is the sixth largest cable operator in the United States.[2] The company offers landline telephone, Cable Television, and broadband Internet services.[3] As of November 13, 2017, WOW! has about 776,400 subscribers.[4] After a 2017 initial public offering, Wide Open West is publicly traded with Avista Capital Partners and Crestview Partners retaining significant stakes.[5] HistoryWOW! was founded in November 1999 in Denver, Colorado. After building a network in April 2001, WOW! initially served about 200 people in the Denver area. In November 2001, WOW! purchased Americast, an overbuild system in the Midwest built and operated by Ameritech New Media for an undisclosed amount per subscriber, estimated to have been at a cost of $600 per sub.{{Citation needed|date=August 2016}} This purchase opened WOW! to over 310,000 new customers in metropolitan areas surrounding the cities of Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Denver, and Evansville.[6] WOW! no longer serves the Denver market. In August 23, 2011, Wave Broadband and WOW! announced that they entered into an agreement to purchase substantially all of the assets of Broadstripe LLC, a provider of residential and commercial bundled communications services. On January 14, WOW! completed the acquisition of Broadstripe's cable systems in Michigan. In April 2012, WOW! purchased Knology, a broadband company, operating in 13 markets. With the merger the combined customer total will be over 800,000.[7] In June 2014, WOW! sold its cable, Internet and phone systems in the South Dakota markets to Clarity Telecom. Part of the multimillion-dollar deal, worth $262 million, included the markets in Iowa and Minnesota previously served by Knology and PrairieWave Communications.[8] In March 2015 these markets would officially become known as Vast Broadband.[9] In September 2016, WOW! purchased NuLink, a cable company serving Newnan, Georgia with approximately 34,000 customers at the time the deal closed.[10] In October 2016, WOW! came to an agreement with Midco to sell its systems in Lawrence, Kansas. These systems currently pass approximately 67,000 homes and businesses in the area.[11] On June 28, 2017, WOW! officially no longer serves the Lawrence, Kansas area.[12] On March 6, 2018 WOW! announced that they had deployed DOCSIS 3.1 to 95% of their footprint, one of the first cable operators to do so.[13] Internet availability by state
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References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.wowway.com/|title=WOW! Internet Cable and Phone - Bundle offers and support|website=WowWay.com|publisher=Wide Open West|accessdate=2016-08-20}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://ir.wowway.com/investor-relations/overview/default.aspx|title=WideOpenWest, Inc. - investor relations|website=ir.wowway.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-30}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=About WOW!|url=http://www.wowway.com/experience/about|website=WowWay.com|publisher=Wide Open West|accessdate=2016-08-31}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://ir.wowway.com/investor-relations/news/press-release-details/2017/WOW-Reports-Third-Quarter-2017-Results/default.aspx|title=WOW! Reports Third Quarter 2017 Results|last=|first=|date=November 13, 2017|website=WideOpenWest, Inc.|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-12-26}} 5. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.wowway.com/docs/wow/documents-news/2015-crestview-acquires-stake-in-wow.pdf?sfvrsn=4 |website=wowway.com |publisher=WideOpenWest |title=News}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/126578-SBC_Sells_For_a_Song.php |publisher=Multichannel News |title=SBC Sells For a Song}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120418005891/en/WOW!-Acquire-Knology-19.75-Share-Cash|title=WOW! to Acquire Knology for $19.75 Per Share in Cash|website=BusinessWire.com|date=2012-04-18}} 8. ^{{Cite web|title = WOW! sells off SD systems to Clarity for $262M|url = http://www.cedmagazine.com/news/2014/06/wow-sells-sd-systems-clarity-262m|accessdate = 2015-09-24}} 9. ^{{Cite web|title = Vast Broadband Launches In SD|url = http://www.yankton.net/river_city/article_7f780410-c930-11e4-938f-a7e3e992a40d.html|accessdate = 2015-09-24}} 10. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.wowway.com/docs/wow/documents-news/wow-closes-acquisition-of-nulink.pdf|title=WOW! Closes Acquisition of NuLink to Provide High-Speed Internet, Cable TV and Phone Service to Metro Atlanta|last=|first=|date=September 12, 2016|website=www.wowway.com|publisher=|access-date=December 17, 2016}} 11. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.wowway.com/docs/wow/documents-news/2016-midco-to-acquire-wow-system-in-lawrence-ks.pdf|title=Midco to Acquire WOW! System in Lawrence, KS|last=|first=|date=October 21, 2016|website=www.wowway.com|publisher=|access-date=December 17, 2016}} 12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.wowway.com/midco|title=MidCo|website=www.wowway.com|access-date=2017-07-07}} 13. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.wowway.com/docs/wow/documents-news/wow-one-gig-everywhere-press-release-3-6.pdf|title=WOW! 1 Gig Internet Speeds Now Available to More Than 95 Percent of Customers|last=|first=|date=2018-03-06|website=WOW!|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=2018-06-19}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://broadbandnow.com/WOW!|title=WOW! Availability by State|last=|first=|date=|website=broadbandnow.com|publisher=|accessdate=2017-01-16}} External links
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