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Public-Private Partnerships for Broadband & Beyond
Consolidated Telephone Company (CTC) has been at the forefront of innovative broadband community partnerships in the Land of 10,000 Lakes for the past decade. Their partnerships do not stop where the fiber ends, however. In this ViodiTV Real-Time Conversation, we learn from CTC CEO, Kristi Westbrock, about what it takes to have successful partnerships with…
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Importance of Investing in Your Community #Summit26
“We are truly Americana,” says Italia Commisso, EVP, Programming & Human Resources of Mediacom. As a cable industry veteran prior to being a co-founder of Mediacom with her brother Rocco Commisso, Italia understands that the investment in infrastructure is even larger than connecting individuals and businesses to the Internet. That is, their capital investments are…
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Looking for Leaders – #TIS18
“Our workforce is in transition in a big way,” explains Matthew Dosch, EVP & COO of Comporium. He indicates that they are competing to attract the younger workforce. Echoing the comments from Frank Luntz, a keynote speaker at The 2018 Independent Show, workers in their 20s and 30s are looking for more than direct financial…
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Broadband – Unique to Each Locale
Tim Scott describes Axia’s role as the operator for community networks. He highlights a middle-mile project they are involved with in western Massachusetts. With an international presence that spans from Singapore to Alberta to Massachusetts, Scott explains that Axia has found that the business case for broadband is unique to each locale and has to…
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New Opportunities in a Changed World – Part 4 of 4
Kevin Larson, of CTC in rural northern Minnesota, suggests that communities may need to form their own broadband networks, much like cooperatives were formed decades ago to bring telephone service to rural areas. In the final segment of this 4-part interview, Larson suggests that this could be an opportunity for existing telecom operators to lend…
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Local Content – Putting Smiles on Customers’ Faces
Local content as a way to serve the community was a common theme of a panel I moderated at the 2010 Broadband Properties Summit. As expected, Cullen McCarty of Smithville Telephone and Gary Evans of HBC provided an excellent overview of how they are helping their communities by serving up content about and by the…
