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A Complete Rural Fiber Solution
The Corning/NTCA announcement at the latter’s RTIME 2023 was more than a supply deal that includes more than 46 million feet of fiber optic cable. It was about supplying the right kind of products to help make fiber installations cost-effective for the unique requirements of rural America. In the above interview, Corning VP of Emerging…
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Vantage Point – Helping Build Better Broadband & Better Lives in Rural Uganda
What sets NTCA members apart is their commitment to service and to their communities. Mirroring its NTCA member customers, several of Vantage Point’s staff have undertaken Herculean efforts to bring connectivity to an area where reliable electricity is still a luxury. A few of those staff members were at NTCA’s 2023 RTIME and provide an…
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Business as Usual = Excellent 2023 ACA Connects Summit
That it was business as usual may have been the biggest testament to the success of the 2023 ACA Connects Summit. After a pause of the live event for the past few years and a change in leadership, a hiccup or two wouldn’t have been surprising for this annual education event organized by ACA Connects.…
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Silver Star Gains a Broadband Gem in the Treasure Valley
Customers in the Boise metropolitan area, also known as the Treasure Valley, will soon have another option for symmetric gigabit and higher-speed connections to the Internet. Silver Star Communications’ acquisition of Cambridge Telephone Company’s Meridian, Idaho-based, CLEC operations, known as CTC Telecom (CTC), opens the western part of Idaho to this Wyoming-based provider. Silver Star…
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Bionic Worker = Safer Workplace
“We’ve had customers who have said they can now go home and play with their kids,” exclaims Meghan Kennelly, Head of Global Marketing for German Bionic. Speaking at CES2023, Kennelly is talking about the benefits that the German Bionic exoskeletons bring to workers. German Bionic’s Apogee and CrayX (for harsh environments) exoskeletons provide up to…
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An Opening Conversation about a New Kind of Open Access Network
Jackson, Wyoming will soon be home to an open-access, fiber-to-the-home network (OAN) with a twist. What makes this network, SilverLight, unique is that is privately owned and operated, allowing the citizens of Jackson to receive the benefits of the OAN approach, without the risks of a publicly-built network. As background, the open-access last-mile broadband network…
