Telecommunications

Built largely over the last decade, Central Oregon's telecommunications infrastructure is one of the Northwest's most technologically advanced, meeting business and telecommuting requirements for capacity, redundancy and reliability. High-end data services, typically offered only in large metro areas, include Ethernet access rates up to 10GB. The region’s excellent telecommunications infrastructure is continually upgrading its capacity as well as providing options for telecom-dependent users, such as e-commerce businesses.

Qwest Communications, the incumbent provider, along with several other local carriers, provides telecom services to the region including ISDN, DSL, voice messaging, call forwarding, as well as T-1, T-3, OC-12 lines on a self-healing network. Several local providers focus purely on the commercial marketplace. Services are delivers to residential and commercial customers across a number of access options including land line (copper), high speed fiber optics, and wireless (WiFi, WiMax, and secure microwave). Many providers offer DSL, ISDN, Frame Relay, ATM and Metro Ethernet services, along with the traditional high capacity TDM services (T1, T3, OCx). All Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) central offices use digital electronic switches and the entire system is on a redundant, self-healing fiber optic network.

Additionally, cable companies in the area offer expanded services including cable modems and interconnectivity within the communities of Central Oregon. BendBroadband covers nearly all areas in Bend, Redmond and Sisters and launched business connectivity into Prineville in 2008. Chambers Cable covers Sunriver, while Crestview Cable covers Prineville in Crook County, Madras in Jefferson County, and La Pine in Deschutes County.   

Telecommunication Resources in Central Oregon
Carriers and Providers	BendBroadband, BendTel, Qwest, Quantum Communications, Rio Communications
Wireless Internet	Clearwire, Community Broadband, I Love My WiFi, Webformix, Yellowknife Wireless
Cable Providers	BendBroadband, Chambers Cable, Crestview Cable
Resellers and Integrators	East Cascade Telecom (landline & DSL), Integra Telecom (Internet & Voice)
Telephone Interconnect	ACT Cascades, CascadeTel, Telecom Resources
Cellular	Sprint, T-Mobile, Unicel, US Cellular, Verizon, AT&T