|
Fiber to the Home is installed at the home of Alvin Fuhrman |
|
|
|
|
See full article...
Press Release
Nortex Communications
May 28, 2008
Fiber to the Home is installed at the home of Alvin Fuhrman
After many months of boring through rock, trenching alleyways and installing devices that will carry Nortex services to the home, Nortex Communications has begun turning up fiber in Muenster.
Alvin Fuhrman, President and CEO of Nortex is one of the first customers to receive the technology in his home. “We are very excited to be able to provide services to our customers through fiber to the home,” said Fuhrman. “We have used fiber for many years to connect to services outside our area and now we can connect our customers through this technology.”
Fuhrman also said that “Fiber to the home will position us for future services. It will allow us to add additional channels, many in the High Definition format. We will be adding Video on Demand in a matter of weeks, a service which has been requested and is a great service for our customers. With Video on Demand, a customer can watch a movie or program whenever they want. It is a very convenient service. Our customers won’t have to drive to the rental store to rent movies and with gas prices escalating; we feel our customers will really appreciate the service.”
Nortex customers will begin to experience sharper pictures on their TV sets when they are transitioned to the service. Fiber to the home also allows Nortex to offer higher speeds of Broadband.
Along with sharper pictures and higher speed Internet service, Nortex will begin offering package plans for the service. Check the Muenster Enterprise or watch for announcements coming to your home. Plans include a “LightSpeed” plan with speeds up to 8Mb x 2 Mb at a competitive rate.
The company began upgrading the system in 2003 with Lake Kiowa and continued with Collinsville, Lindsay and finally Saint Jo in 2006. These communities were upgraded with the latest equipment to add additional channel capacity, digital, high definition and high speed internet service through cable modems. Muenster and Valley View were the remaining systems to be upgraded.
An aging plant, competition and the desire to provide the best services to the communities they serve was the determining factor in Nortex’s decision to build fiber to the home in these two communities.
Fiber optics are replacing two existing networks; coaxial cable network which delivers the cable television signal to the home and copper that delivers voice services and digital subscriber line (DSL).Fiber has been directional bored along the alley ways and to the home. An optical network terminal (ONT) has been connected outside the home and a battery power supply mounted inside the home.
A customer who elects not to allow fiber to be built to their home will no longer be able to receive any Nortex services.
Nortex serves the communities of Muenster, Valley View, Forestburg, Rosston and Myra with telephone, long distance and Internet service; Lake Kiowa, Collinsville, Lindsay and Saint Jo with Internet service and Cable Television service.
|
