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TDS announces planned DSL service for Beaver Island, 2007

Also Beaver Island TDS DSL announcement 2007

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TypeEvent
Dates2007-12 – 2008-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
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Event
Dates
2007-12 – 2008-03
Kind
Announcement
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
technologycommunicationinfrastructurecommerce
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

TDS Telecom announced that it was engineering DSL service for Beaver Island and hoped to begin offering it to residents and businesses in early 2008. The company cautioned that DSL was distance-sensitive and might not initially reach all customers. The provisional areas listed included St. James, Port St. James and Donegal Bay, Carlisle Road, portions of Barney’s Lake Road North, King’s Highway, Paid een Og’s Road, and northern East Side Drive.

Evidence limits

This is a company press release reproduced by the newspaper. It records a planned rollout and provisional coverage, not activation, final coverage, pricing, speeds, or subscriber records.

Sources

  1. The forum preserves TDS's first-party press release announcing engineering work and a hoped-for first-quarter 2008 launch, with distance-related coverage limits. It corroborates the Beaver Beacon reproduction but remains a planned-service announcement, not proof of activation.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000998
  2. Beaver Beacon, December 2007, "Press Release: DSL Coming Soon to Beaver Island".
    Reports TDS's engineering phase, hoped-for first-quarter 2008 service, distance limitations, and the provisional coverage areas. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2007-12_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The held issue scan confirms the DSL announcement.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2007-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “TDS announces planned DSL service for Beaver Island, 2007”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-tds-dsl-announcement-2007/, accessed [date], citing TDS Telecom, “TDS to Launch DSL In 2008,” Beaver Island Forum, November 16–December 1, 2007. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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