Meet Some of the Companies that are Taking Fiber All the Way to the Home
Community is Key to success for Morristown Utility's FiberNET System
For more than a century, Morristown Utility Systems (MUS) has provided water and electricity to residents of Morristown, TN. In 2002, the state legislated a call for pilot projects to develop broadband communications across the state. MUS was awarded a project and began outside plant construction for its FiberNET FTTH network. By 2006, the first customers began receiving triple-play services, and MUS FiberNET has grown to more than 5100 active customers today. Read more...
ATMC Educates Brunswick County on the Value of Next-Gen Broadband
In the early 1950s, the residents of Brunswick County, NC, cried out to the large telecom providers for telephone service - and were largely ignored. So a determined group of people got together to form their own telephone company that would take a special interest in their rural community. More than 50 years later, Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation (ATMC) is the largest telecom cooperative in North Carolina and one of the largest in the country. Read more...
North Dakota Co-op Focuses on FTTH for Network Longevity
If you're going to take the time to do something, take the time to do it well. This has been the mantra for one of North Dakota's original cooperatives, BEK Communications. Being owned by your customers creates the perfect incentive to provide top-notch telecommunication services - even in one of the least densely populated areas of the country. Read more...
