http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20106398 en Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:34:06 EDT Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:34:06 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20115300 sjohnson : Some rural telcos are putting in FTTH, FTTF (farm), FTTR (ranch), well, you get it.

Goldenwest Telecom (South Dakota) is in the process of upgrading their entire network to FTTH. I was in the phone exchange that got switched first.

Pretty progressive. But, due to their tariff, they won't be changing any speeds until full deployment (or, until regional deployment is complete, at least). But they will be able to supply phone, internet and television, even to some very remote farms and ranches.
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Don't confuse me with the facts...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20115300 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:07:19 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20106398 Rothan Tik : AFAIK, Fiber deployment to rural areas does not have any distance limitations like DSL for instance...still doesn't mean the companies will invest the extra cable to get out there though.

As for the comment about losing ground to other countries, I think US ISP's need to realize they have already lost major ground. The time to improve is NOW.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20106398 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:35:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20106387 Nuts : Amen!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20106387 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:34:41 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20106372 JSRoman : as in heavily populated areas. Don't look for rural deployments in other words.
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