- Date
- 2010-03-15
- Kind
- Opening
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationtechnologycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On March 15, 2010, TDS announced that high-speed broadband Internet service was available to nearly 95 percent of Beaver Island businesses and residences. The notice described consumer plans from 1.5 to 10 Mbps download and larger, location-dependent symmetrical plans for high-tech businesses, education, and healthcare.
Evidence limits
The Beacon reports the provider’s availability announcement, and the forum preserves the provider’s contemporaneous detail about the Donegal Bay gap and planned stimulus application. Neither source establishes service at every address, actual delivered speeds, or later network performance.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- TDS market manager Al Ripp announces that DSL was available to 95% of the island, identifies a remaining Donegal Bay gap, and says TDS was pursuing a second federal stimulus round. This is a provider announcement preserved in a community forum; the newspaper remains the independent held source for the availability report.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002235
- Beaver Beacon, April 2010, "Broadband Now Available to 95% of Island."Reports TDS's announcement that high-speed Internet service reached nearly all Beaver Island businesses and residences, with plans from 1.5 to 10 Mbps download and larger symmetrical plans for some users. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the broadband announcement.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “TDS announces high-speed broadband for nearly all Beaver Island, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-tds-broadband-95-percent-availability-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “High Speed Internet now available,” March 15, 2010. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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