SDN EXPANDS NETWORK REACH TO MINNEAPOLIS, OMAHA, FARGO, CASPER
POSTED: OCT 20, 2008
In a major build out over the last year, SDN Communications has created a fiber optic network expansion giving local businesses new, affordable routes for the transfer of electronic data or shared Internet usage.
SDN, a Sioux Falls based business owned by 18 of South Dakota's telephone companies, has new fiber routes that will reach the most significant cities in the upper Midwest:
- Minneapolis, Minn.
- Omaha, Neb.
- Casper, Wyo.
- Fargo, N.D.
"These are all fast-growing, business-friendly cities that needed direct connections because South Dakota shares many of the same retailers, banks and other professional offices with those cities," says SDN Chief Executive Officer Mark Shlanta. "We're excited to offer affordable connections to those communities to foster business and community growth."
SDN partnered with North Dakota's Dakota Carrier Network (DCN) to connect to Fargo and is working with Wyoming's Advanced Communications Technology (ACT) for a first quarter 2009 connection to Casper.
The expansion is especially significant for the western portion of the region. No other company has provided connectivity between South Dakota and Wyoming. All data traffic has had to take a longer, more expensive path through Denver.
The expansion is the first phase of SDN having a larger regional presence. Future expansions will include routes to Denver, Colo.; Cheyenne, Wyo.; and Dickinson, N.D.
ABOUT SDN COMMUNICATIONS
SDN and its owners, 18 of South Dakota's independent telephone companies, operate a 21,000 mile fiber optic network. SDN is a business-to-business provider of broadband services - connectivity, Internet, network surveillance, networking equipment and unified communication (telephone) systems.
SDN Communications Member Companies
Alliance Communications Cooperative, Garretson
Beresford Municipal Telephone Company, Beresford
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority, Eagle Butte
Faith Municipal Telephone Company, Faith
Golden West Communications, Wall
Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc., Clear Lake
James Valley Telecommunications, Groton
Kennebec Telephone Company, Kennebec
Long Lines, Jefferson
McCook Cooperative Telephone Company, Salem
Midstate Communications, Inc., Kimball
Roberts County Telephone Cooperative Association, New Effington
Santel Communications Cooperative, Inc., Woonsocket
Swiftel Communications, Brookings
Valley Telecommunications Cooperative, Herreid
Venture Communications Cooperative, Highmore
West River Cooperative Telephone Company, Bison
West River Telecommunications Cooperative, Hazen, ND
