IP Communications

ADC reportedly has joined West Plains Telecommunications to expand its fiber broadband capabilities and eventually offer broadband video.

 

West Plains is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Five Area Telephone Cooperative, Inc. and serves communities of Earth, Muleshoe, Olton, Springlake and Sudan, Texas, using fiber optic and digital technology in telephone central office equipment.

 

The company, in collaboration with ADC (News - Alert), has planned to build an advanced fiber-to-the-home network in next five years and expects the first cut-over to the new fiber infrastructure by the year’s end.

 

West Plains is using ADC’s OmniReach Fiber Distribution Hubs 3000 Series and Fiber Access Terminals to build the FTTH network. Company has collaborated with ADC in the past for rehabilitation work on its central-office fiber-transport equipment and continues to partner with ADC because of its excellent track record in the market.

 

“We feel confident the ADC equipment is going to be in our plant for years to come because of the way it’s engineered, designed and built,” said Mark Washington, plant manager for West Plains. “Our five-year fiber build-out plan will allow us to expand our service offerings to include increasingly higher-bandwidth applications. With ADC we not only have quality assurance, but also dedicated customer service throughout the entire process.”

 

Here’s how ADC diagrams its FTTN and FTTH technologies:

 

 

West Plains’ operating territory covers 511 square miles spanning four counties and provides services to about 5,200 business and residential customers. The company also provides six schools in its territory with broadband services, including high-speed Internet access and interactive video.

 

“West Plains is playing it smart by preparing for the inevitable pressures that will come as consumers in their service territory demand advanced data and video services,” said Pat Thompson, director of core connectivity solutions for ADC. “Our customers know that ADC will have the solutions and the installation expertise for all their fiber deployment needs.”