What is this plan to Hotwire our "Smart" City?

Read the "Smart City" Town Hall Meeting Agenda here.

A sales team from Hotwire Communications pitched the city to buy their TV/Internet package for every house and condo in KCB to have Hotwire service. The city administrator announced that one company will be paid through your taxes.

See the Hotwire pros and cons here.

Hotwire Communications estimated that the basic price with tax is $130 per month per unit for internet and "digital preferred" cable TV. Here's how we pay for this service:

• Hotwire follows the Marathon Garbage Service model and the entire annual bill appears on each property owner's tax bill, for about a $1,560 tax increase on every property.
• Hotwire follows the Xfinity model and bills each customer monthly for "add-ons".
• Hotwire is a state licensed cable operator.
• KCB must sign a twenty (20) year contract with Hotwire.
• All property owners must pay, whether they use the service or not.

If you have questions about the city hiring one provider for all of us, please click here to email your questions and concerns to your commissioners and the city clerk.

You may read about some happy and disgruntled customers here (be sure to scroll down-down-down) at hotwirecommunications.com

Here's the current TV channel lineup as a PDF at hotwirecommunications.com. The city plan includes "Digital Access" plus "Digital Favorites." Other selections will be billed separately. (As usual, we have a local copy here).

After the "introductory period, here's the current rate sheet as a PDF at gethotwired.com (as usual, we have a local copy here).

Read the reviews about Hotwire Communications.

See the Hotwire pros and cons.

And finally, it's worth remembering the history of another municipality that wound up with bankruptcy, forensic audits, and criminal proceedings when they wired that city for television, telephone and internet.

What did residents
have to say about this?