Telecommunications Online interviews Bill DeMuth, SureWest Communications' CTO, who explains the company's goal to move away from hybrid networking solution of fiber and coax to a pure fiber connection. SureWest's CTO states that fiber is the only answer if they are to reach their objective of providing 100 megabits of bandwidth to enable differentiating features such as multiple HD channels enhanced services. "The IPTV industry as a whole has been a little too much of a me-too type of service.”

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