KENOSHA, Wis. – A major infrastructure project touted as the future of internet service in Kenosha is drawing fierce backlash from residents, who say the installation has left their neighborhoods looking like construction sites—with no sign of repair.
The city’s partnership with SiFi Networks to bring high-speed fiber internet to every home has turned into a messy ordeal for many. While the “Kenosha Fiber City” project promises future connectivity and competition in broadband, its rollout has already led to dozens of public complaints about torn-up yards, broken sidewalks, unsafe conditions, and half-finished restoration work.
Kenosha County Eye received a flood of messages and comments from residents detailing extensive damage. Many say they’ve waited months—or more than a year—without proper restoration. Some have tried contacting the company directly, only to be ignored or rerouted with vague timelines.
City Hall has offered little reassurance. Mayor David Bogdala declined to comment, and insiders tell KCE that the issue is “not a priority” for the administration.
Below is a sample of what residents had to say about the condition of their properties after the fiber work:
A Sample of Resident Complaints:
- “After 18 months I still have two mountains of dirt.”
- “They tore up my sidewalk, cheap patched it and never came back.”
- “My boulevard is a hot mess! I can’t even mow it properly because of all the rocks and dirt.”
- “The seed they used was all weeds. Now it’s a big patch of garbage.”
- “I had to fix it myself—after they ruined my lawn, cracked my concrete, and left trash everywhere.”
- “The cable was never buried. It just laid across my yard for months.”
- “They dug a 3-foot hole and left it uncovered. No cones. Nothing.”
- “They left netting all over the place. Plastic stakes everywhere. It’s like a dump site.”
- “Who gave this company a contract? They act like nobody’s watching.”
- “They peed between their trucks and buried their trash in the trenches.”
- “They cut our sump pump drain line and said nothing. Water backed up into the yard.”
- “Left my parkway six inches higher than the rest of the lawn—rocks, weeds, clay. It’s a nightmare.”
- “When I asked them questions, they said ‘no English’ and kept working.”
- “They broke my fence, took my husband’s axe, and only returned it after we complained twice.”
- “I’ve called, emailed, waited—nothing. My yard still looks like it was bombed.”
- “It’s been over a year. Still no fix. They made it worse every time they came back.”
While some residents did report successful repairs after repeated follow-up, most describe a frustrating cycle of poor communication, shoddy work, and finger-pointing between the contractor and city officials.
Kenosha County Eye will continue to monitor the Fiber City installation and encourages residents to document damage and report unresolved issues to both the contractor and their alderperson.
Here are some photos shared with the KCE, and later the Mayor:
19 Responses
that company is awful. They stand in the roadways blocking traffic. Leaving messes where they are working. Its disturbing that this isnt a priority to hold this company accountable.
Cut up their cable. Hahaha. That will get their attention. Hahaha. Claim some vandal did it in the niddle if 0f the night. Know nothing about it deny everything
Welcome to 2025 Kenosha and stop complaining, just think how satisfying it will be to get a divorce from Spectrum. Fiber will bring in more ISPs and your internet bill will be cut in half.
Always Underground LLC is Kenosha Fiber City’s chosen Illinois-based woman-owned DEI prime contractor for the cabling work that has introduced hundreds of their illegal alien sanctuary state workforce to Kenosha’s neighborhoods that has turned the parkways of Kenosha into an ugly, pot-holed, weed infested wastelands reminiscent of the shithole countries of origin of this workforce. You can now bet that the City of Kenosha will soon start fining Kenosha residents for their unkempt parkways after incessantly telling residents they could not object to this program because it is being done on cuty owned parkways.
https://alwaysunderground.net/
Woman owned??? Seriously?
… the Mayor has no Comment !!!!
Just think about the stories here on KCE where Kevin has written “ Mayor David Bogdala declined to comment, “
Why is that ??
Is it “not a priority” for the administration”
Or is it that the Mayor has no knowledge of it ??
Or is he SO BUSY ELSEWHERE that dirt and grass replacement is truly unimportant ??
Not to the property owners and taxpayers where this “unfinished” work is !!!
Maybe the City should hire a local Landscape Company to finish the work and then bill it to the fiber company ?!?!
Concrete companies too !!
I’m sure three or four local companies could get this done in just a couple of weeks !
Dirt, sod, concrete. Common materials that are readily available and relatively simple to install.
We’re not talking rocket science here.
But then again, maybe the Mayor has other Rocket Science priorities on his plate.
If do, where are his powers of delegation ??
Where are his Management Skills of all the departments he responsible for ??
First off, the City Lawyers. Shouldn’t they have been told to spend just an hour or two reviewing the contract to look at the restoration provisions ??
Time lines ? Penalties ?
At the same time have public works write up a simple RFP that can be published and returned in just a couple of weeks ??
Just like the burnt house in White Caps. Follow thru with other peoples downfalls and do what the city is supposed to do, resolve residents concerns, complaints and issues !!
Then bill those responsible.
If the Mayor doesn’t consider responding to the taxpayers a priority, then what does he consider a priority ??
Lunch ??
It’s not like we’re asking him to pick up a shovel !
But then again, maybe we should
If the walls of AP32 could talk…
Walls of Ap32 ? educate me
The same in my area we have piles of dirt where they dug holes not leveled back out no seed , garbage laying and the other day it appers they hit a gas line
fire dept was out for hours , who paid for that hot mess
Sifi Networks donated this million dollar infrastructure to our city at no cost. If it’s free, we’re the product. Simple data collection is what a smart city is about. Check out Rosa Koire’s work on this topic
You tell no lies.
The only priority for Bogdala is eating. Otherwise he is completely useless
They are tearing up our street and we just paid for new sidewalks and sod. They better fix everything they touch
Did the cleanup work get Bogdala-downed?
Same in front of my house, a mound of dirt in the front yard. Been sitting there for weeks!
Nah its Oakes and Co. These streets have been rebuilt and destroyed many times over. The very same ones from 3-4 years ago. One of these “union” bums actually kicked out a barrier cone in front of me this AM. “No balls dala” has to go. Along w his stupid contracts inherited from Antaramian. If the walls of AP32 at fagott labs could talk…
Well, they are out of Illinois and hire nothing but illegal aliens.
Something needs to be done!!!
No mention of the cracked sidewalks and chunks of curb broken off from the machinery they used. They tore up this city and did alot of damage. Bunch of hacks
Check out the Google fiber fiasco in San Antonio 8 years ago, it could be worse.