Utilities & Communications: Voice & Data
Telecommunications (voice & data) services in Dearborn County are provided by a number of different vendors, as indicated by the table below. Geographical location often determines the choice of vendors. For example, click the PDF map link below to see the four telephone service providers in Dearborn County and the areas they serve. For the purposes of this section, only the vendors serving the more developed areas of Dearborn County are presented in detail.
| Dearborn County Voice and Data | |
| Long Distance Telephone Companies | 7 |
| Cellular Service Providers | 7 |
| Internet Service Providers | 7 |
| Cable & Satellite Providers | 5 |
Source: Local 2004 Phone Books
EMBARQ (formerly Sprint)
EMBARQ provides local telecommunication services to the communities of Lawrenceburg, Aurora, Greendale, Dillsboro and Guilford. EMBARQ local telecommunications division serves approximately 11,000 residential acces lines and 5,000 business access lines in these four exchanges.
EMBARQ LTD's network in these communities includes state of the art switching and transport facilities. This complex is served by a Lucent 5ESS host switch in Lawrenceburg with the latest software features. Remote Switching Modules (RSM) are located in Aurora, Dillsboro and Guilford, providing the same features as the host office. All three are connected by fiber cable and a combination of lSONET and asynchronous optronics. Connections to other carriers are provided over a fiber route to Cincinnati, Ohio.
www.sprint.com/localwholesale/index_localwholesale.html
Equipment Vendors: Lucent, Nortel, Cisco, Adtran
Enhanced Voice & Video: Centrex, Key Systems, Private Branch Exchange (PBX), Voice Messaging, Interacive Voice Respons (IVR), Audio & Video Conferencing, Broadband Video Solutions, ISDN-BRI/PRI
Integrated Solutions: Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Frame Relay, Private Line, Internet Solutions, Wireless, Switched Data Service, Computer Telephone Integration (CTI), High-Speed Access (ISDN / DSL)
Enhanced Telecommunications Corporation (ETC)
Enhanced Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) provides advanced telecommunications services to St. Leon, Dover, and surrounding rural communities in Dearborn County and neighboring counties. ETC serves approximately 8,000 total combined residential and business accounts with local telephone & long distance, high speed Internet, and video services. A completely self-healing SONET based network ring is enhanced by a state-of-the-art Lucent 5ESS host switch and an innovative Internet delivery system (ADSL2+/OCCAM) offers robust & redundant voice, data, and video services.
ETC offers a full line of medium to large business telecom products and services with full PRI functionality at affordable pricing. Ancillary offers include: business phone systems, security systems, web hosting, web design, print design, search engine optimization, virus protection, and a 24-hour tech support system. ETCs team of experienced engineers, technicians, and specialists are capable of constructing customized infrastructures and telephony platforms for special projects to include fiber-to-the premise (FTTP), wireless broadband, and VoIP technologies.
Comcast
Comcast Workplace provides small businesses with a cable-powered, always-on connection to the Internet with download speeds of up to 8 Mbps and uploads of up to 1 Mbps. Firewall protection and McAfee® VirusScan are included free with the service. Technical support is available 24/7. Business e-mail, domain name service, Web site solutions, and static IP addresses are available upon request. Comcast Workplace connects directly to your existing Local Area Network (LAN) so everyone in the office can share the connection with no additional hardware or software.
Midwest Data, Inc. (MDI)
MDI provides high speed (up to 108MB / sec) wireless connectivity with a network of towers located around Dearborn County. Equipped with a combination of wireless bridges, routers, base stations and client units, the towers provide cost-efffective and high performance connectivity, as well as inter-branch communication. Built-in ALC and AGC systems maintain consistent radio performance regardless of changes in weather, data traffic or long-term aging of the circuit elements.
The high end equipment in MDI's Lawrenceburg Computer Center can provide 3MB upload / 3MB download business internet service, email with spam and antivirus protection and web hosting. The Computer Center includes a file server for every operating system supported by MDI - Windows NT server, Windows 2000 server, Windows 2003 server, Linux Red Hat and each version of NetWare. MDI is able to perform pre-implementation test environments, disaster recovery and application support. The Computer Center is protected by a site UPS for resilient uptime services.
MDI’s 3Com NBX IP telephony solution provides low cost, high quality VoIP using a WAN, VPN or the internet. Multisite connectivity options include traditional analog, T1/PRI/QSIG, or NBX ConneXtions H.323 gateway software. MDI provides genuine Intel server and workstation hardware, installs and supports Windows and Novell platforms and Cisco, Nortel and 3Com network switches, routers and firewalls. MDI offers 24/7 network and system support annual contracts designed to complement or substitute for business IT departments.
Southeastern Indiana Rural Telephone Cooperative (SEI Communications)
Southeastern Indiana Rural Telephone Cooperative provides local telephone service and DSL to the community of Moores Hill and the surrounding rural areas in Dearborn and adjacent counties. SEi was the area's first, local Internet Service Provider and continues to offer a variety of dial-up and high speed internet services in the area.
Voice Services - key systems; voicemail systems; local service; long distance; toll free numbers.
Data Services - dedicated circuits (full T-1's); dial-up and email accounts; web hosting and design.
