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http://www.tvover.net [IPTV News, Events, Jobs, Providers - TVover.net] Telecommunications Online interviews Bill DeMuth, SureWest Communications' CTO, who explains the company's goal to move away from hybrid networking solution of fiber and coax to a pure fiber connection. SureWest's CTO states that fiber is the only answer if they are to reach their objective of providing 100 megabits of bandwidth to enable differentiating features such as multiple HD channels enhanced services.

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Lightreading.com[Lightreading.com] Light Reading - Video - IPTV Scramble Is On - Telecom News Analysis: SureWest’s triple-play offering now competes with Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) and will soon face SBC Communications Inc.'s (NYSE: SBC - message board) Lightspeed offering (see Inside SBC's IPTV Factory). While SureWest has incumbency in the regional sense, its competitors are in a better position to cut premium content deals with studios and other providers, thanks to their statewide reach.

Tmcnet.comhttp://www.tmcnet.com [Tmcnet.com] General Bandwidth G6 Platform Being Tested By SureWest ...: The G6 Packet Telephony Migration Platform, with its support for voice over IP and voice over ATM networks, delivers high quality, full-featured voice services over a variety of T1/DSL, hybrid fiber coax (HFC), and fiber-based access architectures. With the capability to simultaneously support voice services from existing class 5 switches as well as next generation packet switches, the G6 platform provides a service migration platform from which new voice and media features can be deployed.

Informationweek.com[Informationweek.com] SureWest Delivers First HDTV Service Over IP - News by InformationWeek: "Using IP technology over our fiber-optic network offers the potential for increased clarity to the HD experience and will allow SureWest to offer a variety of emerging video products, while maintaining the area's fastest high-speed Internet service," DeMuth said in a statement. "The IP FTTP service delivery model provides flexibility and abundant cost-effective bandwidth to deliver voice and data services, as well as a host of interactive television capabilities with IPTV."

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