SureWest Communications, through its subsidiaries, provides
telecommunications, digital video, Internet, and other
facilities-based communications services to residential,
business, and carrier customers in northern California and
the Kansas City area. It operates in two segments, Broadband
and Telecom. The Broadband segment utilizes fiber-to-
the-premise and fiber-to-the-node networks to offer bundled
residential and commercial services that include Internet
protocol-based digital and high-definition television, high-
speed Internet, voice over Internet protocol, and local and
long distance telephone services in the greater Sacramento
region and Kansas City area. As of December 31, 2009, the
Broadband segment had 102,600 residential subscribers and
229,200 revenue-generating units (RGUs). The Telecom
segment offers landline telecommunications services, digital
subscriber line service, long distance services, and non-
regulated services.