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  1. SDN’s big-game ad uses humor, metaphors to highlight customer service
    SDN kicked off its 2025 campaign during halftime with a commercial that shows how great customer service makes work tasks so much easier.
  2. SDN member companies ushering in a rural renaissance with broadband services
    In rural South Dakota, broadband connectivity can mean the difference between thriving and falling behind.
  3. Lakota women-owned business and Golden West customers build a new vision
    Two sisters are making a difference in their community, brick by brick as one of the few – if not the only – Lakota women-owned building and equipment rental centers in the country.
  4. SDN's holiday connection: Making spirits bright with meat and cheese
    Every holiday season, SDN Communications delivers something to various customers that can’t be downloaded, streamed or plugged in: a tasty meat and cheese tray.
  5. Get to know West River – Business Development Manager Greg Robinson
    Robinson has made it his mission to get the word out about SDN Communications’ business internet services for the Rapid City, Black Hills and Pierre area for almost seven years, and he was recently promoted to an expanded role.
  6. UPTIME powers Great Bear Recreation Park all year long
    Great Bear Ski Valley’s 2024 snow season was over in 35 days after an unseasonably warm winter, but thanks in part to SDN Communications, the UPTIME lasts year-round at the recreation area.
  7. SDN Wi-Fi trailer provides UPTIME at community events
    Keep an eye out this summer for the SDN Communications Wi-Fi trailer at events across the state. The trailer is powered by SDN's member companies and can provide internet for thousands of people.
  8. How ConnectSD grants, SDN member companies link rural business owners
    Three South Dakota rural business owners struggled with reliable internet until ConnectSD grants and SDN Communications member companies expanded services.
  9. With nearly 100% buried fiber, SDN promises unprecedented UPTIME
    SDN Communications touts its vast underground fiber-optic cable network. That leads to more UPTIME. Here's why.
  10. Introducing 'UPTIME: Beyond Connectivity' — elevate your experience with SDN
    SDN Communications doesn't just link devices; we foster connections, empower businesses and enrich lives. We are going beyond the ordinary to redefine what it means to stay connected: "UPTIME: Beyond Connectivity."
  11. Diverse fiber paths crucial to keep the UPTIME flowing
    Thanks to SDN Communications' advanced route planning, internet users likely wouldn't even notice a cut fiber line.
  12. Here's how SDN's latest business internet ad is based on a true story
    Text at the beginning of each SDN commercial says “based on a true story.” And that’s not tongue in cheek. The ads feature real examples of how SDN has stepped up when one of its customers was in a bind. 
  13. Five things about SDN: Legislators learn about telecommunications industry
    Long-distance telephone services were the entire revenue stream for SDN Communications when it was founded in 1989. Needless to say, things have changed since then. South Dakota legislators learned how it's changed and what's next during a luncheon hosted by SDN in December.
  14. Santel bringing high-speed internet to rural Yankton, Vermillion
    About 900 locations are set to receive fiber internet coverage in the rural Yankton and Vermillion areas thanks to Santel Communications and a grant from ConnectSD.
  15. The Big Game puts a huge demand on internet providers. Here's how SDN prepares.
    What puts the most demand on SDN Communications' network every year? It's the NFL, and more Thursday Night Football games and YouTube's acquiring of the Sunday Ticket package increased demand leading up to the Big Game.
  16. Fiber internet allows remote worker to pursue dream of farming
    He’s a contract engineer who dreamed of a dual role helping run his family farm. Santel Communications' fiber internet helped it became possible.
  17. SDN anthem video taps into light to showcase potential of network
    SDN Communications partnered with Fresh Produce to tell its story — its anthem — by traveling across the state and finding the light that powers the network.
  18. Sign language interpreter finds freedom to work in small town thanks to world-class internet
    “Chamberlain has fiber network. I couldn’t even get fiber in Austin, Texas, where we lived before.” The reliable internet of SDN Communications member company Midstate Communications allows Ezra Moore to work remotely as a sign language interpreter.
  19. How member company grants will expand fiber internet to rural areas
    Areas in southeast South Dakota, the Black Hills and rural Stanley County are some of the latest beneficiaries of funding that will be used to improve fiber connectivity to underserved areas in the state.
  20. How SDN Communications keeps its commercials fresh
    The 2023 SDN Communications commercials focus on the “dream state” that companies experience when they realize they don’t have to worry about their internet.