Sherbtel
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This page describes Sherbtel, a telco which services some of the labs involved in Kidsnet.
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Who is Sherbtel?
Sherbtel is a shortened version of the name Sherburne County Telephone Cooperative, an independant telephone company based in Big Lake, Minnesota. Sherbtel operates under the name Connections ETC in the Big Lake, Becker, Zimmerman and Glendorado areas (where they are an ILEC); they use the moniker NorthStar Access in the Cambridge, Elk River, North Branch, and Princeton areas (where they are a facilities-based CLEC).
POPs
Sherbtel operates offices in each town they service. Each office is divided into two parts - a business office in front, where their salespeople work; and a central office in back, where the switching equipment for said town (Mora uses a Nortel DMS-100, others are unknown) is located.
Internet
Sherbtel also sells Internet service under their IZOOM brand. IZOOM is served via high-carrier ADSL, and is typically placed on the same loop as the customer's voice service. It is believed that the badwidth for IZOOM comes from backbone provider Sprintnet and regional Internet service provider Onvoy, and probably others as well.
