1. Organization

        WideOpenWest Finance, LLC ("WOW") was organized in Delaware on November 13, 2001 and is wholly owned by WideOpenWest Kite, Inc. ("Kite"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Racecar Acquisition, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Racecar Holdings, LLC (the "Parent"). On March 15, 2017, the Company changed the legal name of Kite to WideOpenWest, Inc. and Parent to WideOpenWest Holdings, LLC. In the following context, the terms WOW or the "Company" may refer, as the context requires, to WOW or, collectively, WOW and its subsidiaries. See further discussion in Note 18—Income Taxes, regarding the Company's ownership structure.

        The Company is a fully integrated provider of high-speed data ("HSD"), cable television ("Video"), and digital telephony ("Telephony") services. The Company serves markets in twenty Midwestern and Southeastern markets in the United States. The Company manages and operates its Midwestern broadband cable systems in Detroit and Lansing, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio; Evansville, Indiana; Baltimore, Maryland and Lawrence, Kansas. The Southeastern systems are located in Augusta, Columbus, Newnan and West Point, Georgia; Charleston, South Carolina; Dothan, Auburn, Huntsville and Montgomery, Alabama; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Panama City and Pinellas County, Florida.