Optical Solutions Wins GPON Contract 613845

MINNEAPOLIS –- Optical Solutions Inc., the market leader in next-generation GPON access networks, today announced that Red River Rural Telephone Association of North Dakota has selected the FiberPath® GPON FTTP system to replace aging copper infrastructure in several of its rural exchanges.

Based in Abercrombie, Red River is an independent telephone cooperative with 4,800 access lines serving the fertile Red River region that divides southeastern North Dakota and west-central Minnesota. Starting last spring, the cooperative initiated a multi-year fiber overbuild project that will ultimately span eight communities and 2,455 customers. Red River will use the FiberPath GPON FTTP system to deliver multiple lines of voice; high-speed data up to 3 Mbps or greater; and later, video service.

“As a cooperative we are focused on satisfying the needs of our member-owners, whether they live in town or beyond the city limits,” said Red River Network Operations Manager Chuck Deisbeck. “We knew when the time came to put a plow in the ground, it was going to be for fiber, not copper, because it would ensure our members have bandwidth for today’s services as well as tomorrow’s.”

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