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Valparaiso City Commissioner Kay Hamilton announced to the city commission at Monday nightโ€™s meeting (April 11) that a representative from Cox Communications told her the multistate cable and internet provider would move into the city as early as next year.

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Valparaiso Commissioner Kay Hamilton

The meeting, which Commissioner Hamilton described as purely informational, has led her to believe that Valparaisoโ€™s City Cable will soon have competition in the city. The Valparaiso Cable Company is owned by the city of Valparaiso.

โ€œIn other words,โ€ said Commissioner Kay Hamilton, who is the Valparaiso Cable point person for the commission, โ€œthey would be competition in town.โ€

Commissioner Hamilton indicated that Cox was not interested in buying out the Valparaiso Cable Company and noted that the citizens of Valparaiso would have a choice in the provider.

There are almost 2,000 houses in the city which the two providers would in theory compete for, according to one website.

โ€œNow that we are doing so well, there is no question that they can provide the service that we do. But, itโ€™ll be an option, if [citizens] would prefer to have Cox, the only difference is that Cox will require an annual contract,โ€ Commissioner Hamilton said.

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โ€œAnd [the Cox Cable people] will get to you some time between eight and five,โ€ Mayor Smith quipped.

โ€œOn the second Tuesday of the month,โ€ Commissioner Hamilton added, critiquing the private cable service.

According to an article by Business Insider, Cox Communications is the #12 worst company in America, in terms of customer satisfaction.

The American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) said that โ€œCox improved its satisfaction rating by 1 point last year, maintaining its lead on Time Warner, Comcast, and Charter. Cox has actually been touted as a success story compared to other cable companies. That said, consumers dislike most cable companies and tend to prefer satellite, according to ASCI.โ€

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A drone view of the activity on Boggy Bayou before the annual fireworks festival put on every year by the cities of Niceville  and Valparaiso.