Surewest
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SureWest is a Roseville, CA based telecommunications company, servicing the Greater Sacramento Valley and Kansas City region markets. SureWest was founded in 1914 by William Doyle as the Roseville Telephone Company - SureWest became the official name in 2003. As of late 2000, SureWest's territory had grown to serve (ILEC) Roseville, CA, Citrus Heights, CA, Granite Bay, CA, Rocklin, CA, and Antelope, CA. With the purchase of the bankrupt WINfirst in 2002, service was extended and continues to grow in (CLEC) Sacramento, CA, Carmichael, CA, Elk Grove, CA, and Lincoln, CA. Services provided are telephone
, VoIP, DSL (15 Mbit/s/1 Mbit/s, 10 Mbit/s/768 kbits/s, 6 Mbit/s/768 kbits/s, 3 Mbit/s/768 kbit/s, 1 Mbit/s/128 kbit/s), FTTH for CLEC areas up to 50 Mbit/s data both ways, IPTV
in HD for copper customers with a bonded DSL modem
, and IPTV in HD for FTTH customers.
On January 22, 2008, SureWest announced the sale of its wireless network assets and spectrum
licenses to Verizon Wireless
. The sale closed in the second quarter of 2008.
SureWest recently bought Everest Communications in Kansas and Missouri. SureWest is now in California, Kansas, and Missouri.
On April 6, 2009, SureWest launched a weekly 30-minute youth and high school sports program that can be viewed on SureWest digital TV and online.
Plain old telephone service
Plain old telephone service is the voice-grade telephone service that remains the basic form of residential and small business service connection to the telephone network in many parts of the world....
, VoIP, DSL (15 Mbit/s/1 Mbit/s, 10 Mbit/s/768 kbits/s, 6 Mbit/s/768 kbits/s, 3 Mbit/s/768 kbit/s, 1 Mbit/s/128 kbit/s), FTTH for CLEC areas up to 50 Mbit/s data both ways, 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...
in HD for copper customers with a bonded DSL modem
Channel bonding
Channel bonding is a computer networking arrangement in which two or more network interfaces on a host computer are combined for redundancy or increased throughput....
, and IPTV in HD for FTTH customers.
On January 22, 2008, SureWest announced the sale of its wireless network assets and spectrum
Electromagnetic spectrum
The electromagnetic spectrum is the range of all possible frequencies of electromagnetic radiation. The "electromagnetic spectrum" of an object is the characteristic distribution of electromagnetic radiation emitted or absorbed by that particular object....
licenses to Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless
Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, is one of the largest mobile network operators in the United States. The network has 107.7 million subscribers as of 2011, making it the largest wireless service provider in America....
. The sale closed in the second quarter of 2008.
SureWest recently bought Everest Communications in Kansas and Missouri. SureWest is now in California, Kansas, and Missouri.
On April 6, 2009, SureWest launched a weekly 30-minute youth and high school sports program that can be viewed on SureWest digital TV and online.