Dakota Central Telecommunications provides phone, internet, and TV services to those living in rural parts of the state of South Dakota. Dakota Central began modestly as a rural telephone cooperative in 1951 and has grown to become the biggest independent telecom business in South Dakota providing fiber optic solutions and other services to over 45000 consumers. Fast download speeds of up to 1000 Mbps and upload rates of up to 1000 Mbps come from this fiber Internet supplied by Dakota Central. Customers may so freely search the web, and download and stream material, games, and video conversations without regard to data use, bandwidth, speed, or anything else of the like. Dakota Central also offers Internet service options whereby users may choose from a wide range of Internet access plans depending on the amount they wish to spend as well as their usage requirements, which range from low bandwidth plans to high bandwidth plans for households that need several connections. In the same line, Dakota Central provides a range of options and flexibility regarding phone calls in addition to separate voice-over IP phone service in crisp and clear quality. And their IPTV service, which offers full-house DVR systems, hundreds of items from the On Demand library, and HD channels. Using technology to provide services to the small towns and agricultural villages left out of technological development in the rural parts of America, Dakota Central is becoming a model.