Pioneer Telephone Cooperative (Oklahoma)
Encyclopedia
Pioneer Telephone Cooperative is a cooperatively owned
telecommunications company that provides telephone
and other telecommunications services in a large portion of the state of Oklahoma
.
Its headquarters are in Kingfisher, Oklahoma
. It was established in 1953 and currently is reported to be the third largest telephone cooperative in the United States.
Pioneer is particularly advanced in some of its service offerings, operating an extensive broadband
network that makes high-speed broadband and DSL available to 95% of its members. IPTV
service was inaugurated in 2004.
Cooperative
A cooperative is a business organization owned and operated by a group of individuals for their mutual benefit...
telecommunications company that provides telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
and other telecommunications services in a large portion of the state of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
.
Its headquarters are in Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Kingfisher is a city in and the county seat of Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 4,380 at the 2000 census. It is the former home and namesake of Kingfisher College.-History:...
. It was established in 1953 and currently is reported to be the third largest telephone cooperative in the United States.
Pioneer is particularly advanced in some of its service offerings, operating an extensive broadband
Broadband
The term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal or device of greater bandwidth, in some sense, than another standard or usual signal or device . Different criteria for "broad" have been applied in different contexts and at different times...
network that makes high-speed broadband and DSL available to 95% of its members. IPTV
IPTV
Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
service was inaugurated in 2004.