New security cameras will soon be coming to Wythogan Park, thanks to federal COVID-19 relief funding. The Knox City Council Tuesday approved the purchase of an eight-camera system from Vermillion Systems in Walkerton for close to $20,000.
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The Starke County Commissioners this week approved the installation of fiber optic cable for high speed internet at all of the county buildings. Continue reading
The cable provider for Starke County says it will continue upgrading its video network, and that may affect some local subscribers.
Mediacom has announced plans make a billion dollars in capital investments over the next three years. As part of the initiative, the company says it will upgrade its broadband services to one gigabit per second for nearly all its home and business customers. In a statement, Mediacom says communities will start receiving the upgrades later this year. Continue reading
Starting Tuesday, Mediacom Communications customers will no longer have access to most analog television channels. As part of its digital upgrade, Mediacom will not use the analog frequencies for channels 22-78. This leaves digital-only reception for the company’s Family Cable channel series, which includes cable news, sports and entertainment networks. Customers will need a digital adapter in order to maintain reception for those channels. Mediacom is providing them free of charge through Oct. 31, 2015. Mediacom officials say 10 popular cable channels have already switched to digital reception in the past two weeks. Continue reading
The Starke County EMS base in Grovertown will soon have Internet service again.
The county commissioners this week approved a contract with Mediacom for Internet, telephone and basic cable television service there at a cost of $89.95 per month. County information technology director Joe Short says Mediacom had a better price than CenturyLink, who quoted $105 per month for just Internet and telephone service. The $89.95 price is based on a three-year contract.
Bills will be going up $2.93 for a local broadcast station surcharge. Mediacom officials indicated that they were reluctant to raise prices, but pressure to pay more for the channels they carry prompted this rate increase. Their overall programming costs rose by over 12 percent in the past year.
Mediacom claims that the fees they pay to retransmit local broadcast stations are the fastest growing programming cost component.
The new rate for Family Cable will be $72.95 and the new family rate will be $75.88. These new prices will be effective May 1.
