From the full article in Prairie Business Magazine about Economic Development for the region:

In South Dakota, SDN Communications, headquartered in Sioux Falls, S.D., is also using stimulus funds to expand its broadband network.

SDN’s new fiber will provide connectivity to more than 300 anchor institutions – schools, rural hospitals and clinics, government office buildings, and local, county, state and federal office buildings – across the state. The communications company is approximately three-quarters complete and has built 250-350 miles of fiber and touched more than 200 anchor institutes. The remainder of the $25.7 million project is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

“Our backbone will be primed and ready for the next decade of broadband growth,” says Mark Shlanta, who has been the CEO of SDN Communications since 2000. “Companies will have the fastest network experience on our network.”

It will also assist those who have been connectivity challenged. “Because of the new fiber, new doors will be opened for communities for economic development,” he mentions.

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