- Dates
- 2008-02 – 2008-03
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- technologycommunicationinfrastructurecommerce
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
TDS said it planned to begin delivering DSL to Beaver Island in mid-February. The notice listed 1.5Mb service at $39.95 per month and 3Mb service at $49.95, while cautioning that distance sensitivity could keep some customers out of the initial rollout. A March 2008 TDS notice reproduced on the forum then announced availability, but the later discussion records that coverage remained uneven. Engineering was described as nearly complete and sign-ups were expected within weeks.
Evidence limits
This is a provider announcement and planned schedule, not proof of activation, final coverage, actual speeds, or subscriber availability.
Sources
- TDS published a first-party notice that DSL was available, with initial residential 1.5Mb and 3Mb tiers and Island Airways identified as an early customer. The long thread also documents uneven availability and follow-up questions; it does not establish island-wide activation.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001081
- TDS market manager Chad Mix stated that DSL deployment had no established schedule for the West Side Road/Fox Lake area and would not occur there in 2008, while he hoped to secure capital for 2009. This first-party provider statement qualifies the earlier February rollout announcement and does not establish island-wide availability.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001143
- Beaver Beacon, February 2008, "February DSL Planned".Reports TDS's planned mid-February rollout, 1.5Mb and 3Mb tiers, prices, final testing, and distance-related coverage limits. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the DSL notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “TDS sets a February DSL rollout plan for Beaver Island, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-tds-dsl-february-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “DSL is now Available,” March 12–July 30, 2008. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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