WideOpenWest (doing business as WOW), is the 13th largest cable provider in the United States. It has been given accolades by Consumer Reports as the top Television and internet provider in its 2009 telecom survey.

Wow was an online service run by CompuServe.com in 1996 and early 1997. Started in March 1996, it was originally thought to be an improved version of CompuServe's software, but it was later announced that it would be a user-friendly stand-alone "family" online service and was widely advertised on TV as such. Wow! was the first internet service to be offered with a monthly "unlimited" rate ($17.95) and stood out because of its brightly colored, seemingly hand-drawn pages.