Thursday,  June 7, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 329 • 3 of 36 •  Other Editions

James Groft elected to lead SDN Communications

• The independent telephone companies of South Dakota elected James Valley Telecommunications General Manager James Groft to serve a one-year

term on SDN Communications Board of Managers during its annual meeting earlier this month in Deadwood.
• SDN is owned by 17 member telephone companies - the cooperative, municipal, tribal and family-owned telephone companies in South Dakota.  Together, SDN and its owner companies operate a 22,000 mile fiber optic network reaching into eight states. SDN is a business-to-business telecommunications company providing:
•  Broadband connectivity among office locations
• Business-class internet services
• Networking equipment
• Network surveillance
• SDN specializes in serving banks, health care, agricultural businesses, government and education.
• SDN is governed by nine board members, who are elected annually by the general managers of the 17 owner companies.  The entire board includes:

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