SDN COMMUNICATIONS ELECTS BOARD TO DIRECT INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY
POSTED: JUN 18, 2008
SDN Communications' owner companies re-elected their board of directors at the annual meeting in Chamberlain.
The SDN Communications Board of Directors includes:
- Jim Adkins, Swiftel Communications, Brookings
- Mark Benton, Midstate Communications, Kimball
- Rod Bowar, Kennebec Telephone Company, Kennebec
- Jerry Heiberger, Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative, Clear Lake
- Randy Houdek, Venture Communications, Highmore
- Jerry Reisenauer, West River Cooperative Telephone Company, Bison
- Bryan Roth, McCook Cooperative Telephone Company, Salem
- Don Snyders, Alliance Communications, Garretson
- George Strandell, Golden West Communications, Wall
SDN is owned by the 18 independent telephone companies of South Dakota. Each year these member companies elect a board of directors to steer the company. SDN and its member companies have 21,000 miles of fiber optics in the state, making up South Dakota's Information Superhighway. These member companies use SDN as a hub for long distance, Internet, and digital television. The Sioux Falls based company also provides business customers with:
- Connectivity for data transfer
- Dedicated, high-speed Internet
- Networking equipment including IP phone systems
- Network Surveillance
SDN Communications has become the region's most extensive network, serving banks, health care facilities, agricultural businesses, schools, government agencies and other businesses with multiple locations. Many single location businesses also use SDN for high-speed Internet access.
