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The Local Content Club
Engaging students and high schools in the creation of local content is a great idea. What happens after the shine wears off or a new semester starts and the kids and teachers are no longer interested in the drudgery of producing video? Santel Communications of South Dakota has come up with some clever ideas to…
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Ideas for Rural Broadband Operator/Municipal Partnerships
John Schultz provides ideas for how broadband operators can partner with municipal and other government entities to bring broadband to rural areas. He points out that, although 92% of Minnesota residences have broadband access based on FCC standards, only 53% have broadband, based on the state of Minnesota’s more stringent standards. He suggests there is…
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You Can’t Outsource the Local Loop
In this exclusive video interview at the 2012 MTA Annual Convention, Kent Larsen of CHR Solutions talks about what he means by his statement that it is not possible to outsource the local loop. He suggests that rural broadband operators need to focus on their strengths and share costs where they can if they are…
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FCC’s Order – Delay and Uncertainty Abound
The industry has been, “shaken upside down”, because of the FCC’s order on USF and Intercarrier Compensation, so says Brent Christensen, president of MTA. He explains that his organization and members are still trying to determine the impact of this order and how much it will cost end consumers. The FCC order is causing uncertainty,…
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Help Wanted: A National Clearinghouse for Smart Energy
A clearinghouse that brings third parties and the 2,000+ electric utilities together to create a national market for Demand Response (DR) is needed, according to Roy Perry of Alarm.com. Perry, formerly of Cable Labs, has been a thought-leader in looking at how to achieve energy efficiency goals in cost-effective ways (see this interview from the…
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Telecom ’96 and Blowout Author Speaks
The United States is still, “A country of opportunity,” said former Senator Byron Dorgan, in his speech to the Minnesota Telecom Association in Minneapolis, today. He suggested that, as a country, we need to find ways to work together. He compared the efforts to bring broadband to rural America with the wagon train of the…
