re: The SEC Network a failure up to this point?

Such typical Al.

Here's the all-inclusive list of companies that have already signed on:
Arthur Mutual Telephone Company
AT&T U-verse
Audeamus, LLC (aka Kerman Telephone)
Ayersville Telephone Company
BEK Communications Cooperative
Brookings Municipal Utilities dba Swiftel Communications
CenCom, Inc. IPTV
Central Arkansas Telephone Cooperative
Chickamauga Telephone Corporation
City of Dunnellon dba Greenlight Dunnellon Communications
Com Net, Inc.
DISH
Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc.
Fulton Telephone Company
Garden Valley Telephone Company IPTV
Glandorf Telephone Company
Google Fiber
Grafton Technologies
Greenlight D unnellon Communications
IdeaTek Systems, Inc.
Integra Telecom, Inc.
McClure Telephone Company
Mid-Plains Rural Telephone dba Mid-Plains Communications
North Dakota Telephone Company
Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company
Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative (PRTC)
Plateau Telecommunications
Randolph Telephone Membership Corporation
Rural Burleigh Cable
Siren Communications
Southern Montana Telephone Company
SPTC Telcom
Trenton Telephone Company dba Tennessee Valley Network (TVN)
Tri-County Telephone Association (IPTV)
United Telephone Mutual Aid Corporation IPTV
Valu-Net, LLC
Vaughnsville Telephone Company
Waldron Telephone Company
Yadkin Valley Telecom IPTV