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Donut Holes In The Land of Lincoln
After the dust settles on the transition from a POTS-centric, USF/Intercarrier Compensation to a broadband-centric/Connect America Fund approach for rural telecom, will the traditional definition of an incumbent still be valid? That is, if an entity other than the incumbent telco is already supplying broadband to a given area, should that entity be considered the…
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Fiber Through the Decades
What happens after the budget for a broadband fiber optic last mile network is shaved because of lack of access to capital? Instead of giving up the project, Millennium Communications Group CEO Ron Cassel explains that they found creative ways to achieve the goals of an upstart, community-based fiber network, ecFiber.net, when that entity lost its planned funding…
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A Map that Saves $100M
Galen Updike describes the Arizona State mapping initiative to correlate the location of State highways, broadband and all the cities of 500 people or more. The idea is to make it easier to use the existing rights-of-ways to expand broadband throughout the state.
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Technology and Broadband Everywhere
Galen Updike talks about the program for the Rural Telecom Congress for the 2012. He relates a personal story of how technology and broadband are everywhere; even in the most remote and rural areas of the Philippines.
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Technology to Attract Tenants
Technology as an amenity is one technique multi-tenant unit property owners can use to attract and retain tenants. Steve Sadler of Post Properties contributed to the program at the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit that delved into the types of amenities that tenants are demanding and that are available in the future. One of the more…
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Ways to Bring Broadband to Rural America
How do you continue to bring broadband and fiber to rural America post-stimulus? James Salter of AEG suggests three things that policy makers should consider as they look at the best way to continue extending fiber and broadband to rural areas. He points out that this isn’t a simple issue, but believes it is just…
