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| BendBroadband Adds Wireless Tower on Mt. Bachelor | ||
| September 1, 2010 Bend, Ore. - BendBroadband has completed its Mount Bachelor broadband wireless antenna site. This new antenna location extends the coverage area for BendBroadband?s wireless services including mobile broadband, fixed high-speed Internet and home phone. The new coverage areas include: Mt Bachelor, the Cascade Lakes Highway and the many lakes and trailheads that are within line of sight of the Mt Bachelor antenna. In addition, the site enhances existing coverage in the Sunriver and La Pine areas. “The addition of the Mount Bachelor wireless antenna site enables the extension of our wireless broadband service to some of the most popular recreational sites in Central Oregon.” said Frank Miller, BendBroadband?s chief technology officer. “BendBroadband Internet customers now have a much larger „off-leash area? for their laptops.” |
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| Released 9/1/2010 | View Complete Press Release |
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| Central Oregon Cable Advertising changes name to Zolo Media | ||
| July 16, 2010 Bend, Ore. - Central Oregon Cable Advertising (COCA) is now Zolo Media to reflect multi-platform television production and local advertising capabilities with the recent purchase of KBNZ-CBS. Zolo Media provides multi-platform video entertainment options for Central Oregonians. This includes KBNZ-CBS, 27 National Cable Networks on BendBroadband and Crestview Cable, COTV11 on BendBroadband and The Home Showcase on AdCentral4. |
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| Released 7/16/2010 | View Complete Press Release |
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| 2010 Top OPS Awards: Technology Award: BendBroadband | ||
| BendBroadband may serve only about 36K subs in central Oregon, but when it comes to technology, the op’s new tagline says it all: "We’re the local dog. We better be good." | ||
| Released 7/1/2010 | View Complete Press Release |
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| BendBroadband Announces Plans to Build Enterprise-Class Green "Vault" Data Center in NE Bend | ||
| June 7, 2010 Bend, Ore. - BendBroadband has announced plans to construct and operate a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum-certified private data center in NE Bend. The facility, which will be known as BendBroadband Vault, will offer enterprise-class collocation services utilizing an extensive, privately-managed fiber network and energy-efficient power systems. A staff of engineering experts will provide professional services to customers needing network, server and storage design, business continuity/disaster recovery, product selection, virtualization, and cloud computing infrastructure. BendBroadband Vault will occupy an existing warehouse in the Basalt Business Park at 20845 Sockeye Place, located in the recently announced Enterprise Zone designated by the State of Oregon. Retrofitting of the facility is expected to be completed by the end of 2010. |
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| Released 6/7/2010 | View Complete Press Release |
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| BendBroadband Experiences Power Outage at Headquarters Impacting Company Services in Central Oregon | ||
| April 8, 2010 Bend, Ore. - A power failure at BendBroadband’s primary technical facility temporarily affected services for nearly all of the company’s customers in Central Oregon earlier today. The outage occurred at approximately 11:17 a.m. on Thursday, April 8 and was the result of an unspecified environmental power event in the area which is still under investigation. The root cause of the customer-impacting outage is being reviewed by company engineers and the redundant power vendor. The company’s backup generators were manually started by company personnel and most services were back online within 10 to 15 minutes. |
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| Released 4/8/2010 | View Complete Press Release |
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| Central Oregon Cable Advertising Acquires Bend Oregon’s CBS Affiliate (KBNZ) | ||
| March 31, 2010 Bend, Ore. – Central Oregon Cable Advertising, LLC announced today that they have completed negotiations to acquire KBNZ, Bend’s CBS affiliate from the stations’ current owner, Los Angeles-based New Vision Television. Central Oregon Cable Advertising (COCA) is a sister company of locally-owned and operated Bend Cable Communications (DBA BendBroadband), the region’s broadband Internet, phone, optical fiber and cable TV provider. | ||
| Released 3/31/2010 | View Complete Press Release |
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| BEND STUDENT WINS 3RD PRIZE IN C-SPAN’S VIDEO DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION | ||
| WASHINGTON (March 10, 2010) – C-SPAN today announces that Aleczander “Zander” Reese, eighth grader at High Desert Middle School, is a third prize winner in C-SPAN’s national 2010 StudentCam competition. Zander will receive $750 for his documentary, “What You See, and What You Don’t: A Neighborhood in Peril.” StudentCam winners are being announced today during C-SPAN’s live, morning viewer call-in program, “Washington Journal.” C-SPAN is awarding a total of 75 student prizes and 11 faculty advisor prizes totaling $50,000, including: a grand prize winner, two first prize winners, eight second prize winners, 16 third prize winners, and 48 honorable mentions in both middle and high school categories. |
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| Released 3/10/2010 | View Complete Press Release |
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| BendBroadband Launches Nation’s Fastest Wireless Internet Service | ||
| December 15, 2009 Bend, Ore. - BendBroadband has announced the launch of the nation’s fastest wireless data network. The local family-owned cable operator dramatically expanded its service footprint in Central Oregon with the first U.S. deployment of the HSPA+ (High Speed Packet Access Plus) wireless broadband network standard, upgradable to LTE (Long Term Evolution). The company’s new wireless broadband network will provide the fastest wireless speeds available in the U.S., delivering 15 Mbps under optimal conditions. Average download speeds, depending on customer location, will be between 6 and 8 Mbps. |
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| Released 12/15/2009 | View Complete Press Release |
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| BendBroadband Reveals New Logo and Branding | ||
| Bend, OR, September 21, 2009 - BendBroadband has revealed a new logo which emphasizes the company’s character qualities. “Brands are built on promises made and kept,” commented Amy Tykeson, BendBroadband CEO and President. “Being local will not guarantee that customers will choose or stay with BendBroadband. But by delivering reliable products, being responsive to customers’ needs and providing efficient, trustworthy service, the fact that we are local and give back to our communities makes the difference for many customers. That’s why our new tagline is, “We’re the local dog. We better be good.” We are making a promise to our customers to work harder to ensure their happiness with BendBroadband. This commitment has been embraced by our 200 local, Central Oregon employees” |
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| Released 9/21/2009 | View Complete Press Release |
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| BendBroadband Launching 60 Mbps High-Speed Internet Service | ||
| Bend, OR, September 21, 2009 -- BendBroadband announced today that it is taking the evolutionary step from broadband to wideband technology with the launch of its next-generation DOCSIS 3.0 high-speed Internet service. With DOCSIS 3.0-enabled wideband service, BendBroadband will offer download speeds up to 60 Mbps. DOCSIS 3.0 technology enables the bonding of multiple digital channels which results in significantly more throughput capacity. “BendBroadband has been at the forefront of technology for over a dozen years. We are delighted to bring Central Oregonians Internet speeds that rank among the fastest in the nation. These fast speeds and the rich offering of more than 90 high-definition channels are the result of moving our platform from analog to all-digital at the end of 2008,” said Amy Tykeson, President and CEO of BendBroadband. “The spectrum we reclaimed through the digital transition allows BendBroadband to continue to bring innovative products to our Central Oregon customers.” |
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| Released 9/21/2009 | View Complete Press Release |
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