A small West Liberty, Kentucky-based phone cooperative named
Mountain Telephone (see
user reviews) is
building a 10-gig fiber ring that will feed ADSL2+ copper lines to area residences and businesses. The operator, which has just 17,000 subscribers and operates in some very rural territory, says that the plans will only reach about half of the carrier's subscribers:
Gillum predicted this configuration will deliver IPTV to about half the co-op’s subscribers, although high definition television will be more problematic and probably restricted to those closer to the switch. ... "We certainly feel that our subscribers were anxious for IPTV," Gillum said.
Time Warner Cable is their local area broadband competitor, but only offers cable TV and no broadband services. The co-op tells
Cable360 that they'd possibly consider running FTTH within two to five years.
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