Buckeye CableSystem

Buckeye CableSystem
(a division of Block Communications)

Type	Private
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, known as The CableSystem until the 1990s, is a cable company located in Toledo, Ohio, USA, which 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 which also owns 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 two cable-only channels, Toledo's CW Network affiliate WT05 and a regional sports network Buckeye Cable Sports Network (BCSN).

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 seven different speeds (800 Kbit/s Down 100 Kbits/s Up, 5 Mbit/s Down 1 Mbit/s Up, 15 Mbit/s Down 1 Mbit/s Up, 25 Mbit/s Down 1.5 Mbit/s Up, 35 Mbit/s Down 2 Mbit/s up speeds, 60 Mbit/s Down 3 Mbit/s Up and 110 Mbit/s Down 5 Mbit/s Up.)
• Buckeye Express Wireless — wireless high-speed broadband hotspot service, available at various restaurants and libraries in 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 Phone — Digital home telephone service, using a hybrid VoIP