Established, 1914
Roseville, Calif.
www.surewest.com [1]
SureWest also doesn’t exactly fit in the 30,000-line-or-less Fierce 15 model; it maintains 125,000 access lines, but it deserves recognition here nonetheless. SureWest launched fiber-to-the-home in 2002, IPTV in 2004 and was the first telco to launch hi-def IPTV in 2005. The program lineup now comprises 300 channels, 24 of them HD.
Links:
[1] http://www.surewest.com
[2] http://www.fierceiptv.com/special-reports/south-central-rural-telephone-cooperative-fierce-15-iptv-innovators-2007
[3] http://www.fierceiptv.com/special-reports/fierce-15-iptv-innovators-2007
[4] http://www.fierceiptv.com/special-reports/vernon-telephone-fierce-15-iptv-innovators-2007