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Telecommunications Services
The Wyandotte Municipal Services Telecommunications utility was created by local residents in 1981 when voters demonstrated their confidence in the department's ability by approving an ordinance to place the implementation, construction and operation of the new cable television system under the auspices of the municipal service department. In 1983 the department installed the cable infrastructure throughout the city and began offering basic cable television services. Since 1983 the limited basic cable television system has developed into a full broadband telecommunications service provider offering a wide selection of cable television services from Analog to Digital to High Definition programming as well as High Speed Broadband Internet & Digital Phone services. Today the telecommunications utility serves approximately 9,000 cable television subscribers, 5,000 high-speed internet subscribers & 1,000 Digital Phone subscribers with annual revenues over $7 million. Wyandotte Municipal Services telecommunications system offers significantly lower rates than other area providers, competitive programming selections, several internet packages, digital phone service with unlimited local & long distance calling, all with state of the art technology and outstanding customer service.
The utility contributes five percent of its gross revenue to the city's general fund and completely supports a cable studio where public access, local access and government programming is produced. In 1998 the municipal telecommunications system was completely rebuilt and consist of 25 miles of fiber-optic lines and 72 miles of coaxial cable. A new headend was built during the same period with state of the art equipment, the bandwidth was expanded to 750 Mhz allowing for full service telecommunications offerings.
In 2001, the municipal telecommunications utility began offering high-speed broadband internet service to local residents and commercial accounts. In 2007 Digital Phone service with unlimited local & long distance calling was added. The municipal telecommunications utility offers local consumers 75 basic analog channels, 154 digital channels, 40 high definition channels, 45 commercial free CD-quality music channels & multiplexing of the premium channels such as HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, The Movie channel, Starz and Encore. The telecommunications utility offers High Definition Television services including High Definition set top boxes with or without a DVR(Digital Video Recorder). The telecommunications system also offers the latest digital telephone technology to all residents of the city via an internet connection. With Wyandotte Digital Phone’s Unlimited Plan, one low rate will give you access to all the popular telephone features for less then what traditional carriers charge.
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