Ohio's Bascom Mutual Builds Competitive Overlay FTTP Network

Bascom Mutual Telephone, an independent operating company, is deploying Optical Solutions' new FiberPath 500 system in the area surrounding the towns of Fostoria and Tiffin, Ohio. An "edge out" policy from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio allows independent carriers such as Bascom Mutual to expand their territory via a competitive overbuild and offer broadband services in a neighboring area - all without forming a separate CLEC subsidiary. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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