Buckeye CableSystem and Buckeye TeleSystem yesterday announced that they would provide a state-of-the-art display featuring telecommunications technology at COSI if its levy is approved and the science museum in downtown Toledo reopens.
"We will put together a terrific hands-on exhibit showcasing the modern and changing features of communicating by voice, video, and data," said W.H. "Chip" Carstensen, president of Buckeye CableSystem. "We think COSI was a wonderful addition to the Toledo area and are hopeful it can reopen," he added.
The plan by the Buckeye companies follows the announcement Thursday by four health-care institutions that they also would provide new exhibits if COSI reopens.
Earlier, several businesses announced similar plans if Lucas County voters approve the 0.17-mill, five-year levy to reopen the science center along the Maumee River.
The tax would cost the owner of a $100,000 home $5.21 a year.
Buckeye CableSystem in the late 1990s and early 2000s invested some $180 million in a modern fiber-optic and coaxial cable network to provide the most modern telecommunications platform in any city Toledo's size."Now we will put that same ingenuity to work to demonstrate to the schoolchildren and their parents how this all works, as well as what they can expect in the future in this dynamic industry," Mr. Carstensen said.
Buckeye CableSystem and Buckeye TeleSystem are both subsidiaries of Block Communications Inc., which also owns The Blade.
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