Wired Differently
Thursday, December 5th, 2024 ~ Alliance will update some network equipment late Thursday night into early Friday morning. As a result, services will be briefly disrupted for your area. The disruption should only last around 15 minutes between 11:30 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. If your service doesn’t automatically resume by 5:30 a.m., unplug your router and set-top […]
Read more »The State High School Football games will air on Alliance Channels 307 and 997 The 2024 South Dakota High School Activities Association football championships will take place on Thursday through Saturday, November 14-16, from the Dakota Dome in Vermillion. All seven games will air live on SDPB1-TV. One key scheduling change this year is the […]
Read more »Communications services can literally be a lifeline that connects people to their communities. True to its name, the federal Lifeline program provides up to a $9.25 monthly discount for eligible low-income consumers on selected communications services. To qualify to apply for a Lifeline discount, consumers must either have an income that’s at or below 135% […]
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Encryption and replacement parts for Alliance’s RF coaxial cable TV system will no longer be available this fall. As a result, Alliance can no longer offer RF coaxial cable TV as of October 1, 2024. Alliance began communicating this change with impacted customers in June through letters, emails, and bill messages. Each customer received a […]
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The SDN Communications Board of Managers re-elected Alliance Communications general manager/CEO Ross Petrick to serve another one-year term as Vice President during its recent annual meeting. Petrick has been the general manager and CEO of Alliance Communications, based in Garretson, since 2015. The nine members on the Board of Managers oversee SDN Communications, which is […]
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This fall Alliance is buying Leap Communications fiber-optic network. A similar dedication to serving rural communities led the co-founders of Leap Communications to sell its fiber-optic network to Alliance Communications. “The transition should be easy for customers because Alliance, like Leap, is dedicated to bringing cutting-edge services to rural communities,” said Tyler DeNeui, a co-founder […]
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To make sure new telephone numbers are available, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved the addition of the new (924) area code to the geographic region of the 507 area code. This process is known as an area code overlay. What is an area code overlay? An overlay is the addition of another area code […]
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