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McDonough Telephone Cooperative. Bill Buchanan, President/CEO buchanan@mdtc.net. McDonough Telephone. Incorporated in 1951 Rural Cooperative serving rural communities in a six county area. Western Illinois - Colchester 4000 active members 11 Board of Directors 30 Employees.
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McDonough Telephone Cooperative Bill Buchanan, President/CEO buchanan@mdtc.net
McDonough Telephone • Incorporated in 1951 • Rural Cooperative serving rural communities in a six county area. • Western Illinois - Colchester • 4000 active members • 11 Board of Directors • 30 Employees
McDonough Telephone • Digital Switching installed in the mid 1980’s • Internet Service Provider in 1995 • 100% Broadband Availability in 2002 • IPTV Service introduced in 2004 • FTTH Deployment in 2007
FTTH • Non-Traditional Approach (farms first) • Density of approx. 2 homes per mile • GPON Technology • Connecting to additional carriers for backhaul purposes and additional redundancy
Why FTTH for us? • We believe the future of our revenues will be application driven • Cooperative principles (#7 concern for community) • Competitive positioning • Bandwidth Demand on existing services • Economics ?