Telecompetitor

HickoryTech, a Mankato, MN based telecom service provider, announced the launch of a home monitoring service that will enable customers to receive digital video, real-time data and alerts from their homes any time and anywhere. Utilizing a broadband Internet connection and wireless phones, the service sends customers real-time alerts allowing them to stay connected to their homes and families while they are away and manage ...

Horizon Chillicothe Telephone, based in Chillicothe, OH, announced the launch of a series of wireless Wi-Fi hotspots throughout their southern Ohio community. The new service, branded as Horizon View, will add wireless broadband service to Chillicothe’s bundling strategy, and will be available as a free value add feature for Chillicothe Internet subscribers. “We want our Horizon customers to be able to take ...

Brian Dipert, an editor with Electronics Design, Strategy, News (EDN) blogs about his experience with SureWest and their FTTH service. It’s a two part blog, where he talks about the speed he achieves when downloading music and movies, as well as his experience with SureWest’s IPTV service, including their HD feeds. It offers great insight into SureWest’s offering and their ...

ViewNow announced today that Western Illinois Video Networks (WIV), a statewide consortium of eight rural telephone service providers, has licensed its video-on-demand (VOD) programming and usage tracking software for their IPTV networks. No longer is an ancillary service, VOD now a requirement to compete in today’s triple play landscape. The reality is that VOD and the VOD experience may come to represent the future of ...