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Broadband Drives Housing Occupancy
From about 50% to greater than 90% occupancy is the impact that broadband as an amenity has had on the Stoneridge Apartments. In the above video, Brittany Hustad, Project Manager Corporate Services for Dominium, explains that earlier efforts at rehabilitating various Stoneridge amenities failed to drive occupancy rates. It was the inclusion of broadband as…
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Doing It Her Way – A Conversation with the Chairman of the Board, Patty Boyers
Whether it is at the Independent Show or the ACA Connects Summit, a highlight of these conferences is catching up with Boycom president and ACA Connects Chairman, Patty Boyers. In the above interview, filmed at TIS22, Boyers explains why she chose the moniker, Chairman. It has been a particularly busy time for Boyers as she…
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Be the Local Broadband Professor – #TIS2022 Recap with ACA Connects’ Grant Spellmeyer
Be the local broadband professor summarizes the advice given by Rhod Shaw, Principal & Chairman of the Alpine Group, at the State and Federal update session at the 2022 Independent Show (TIS). Moderated by ACA Connects President and CEO, Grant Spellmeyer, with Shaw and Tom Cohen, Partner at Kelley Drye, serving as panelists, this panel…
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Navigating Rural Broadband Funding in a Sea of Uncertainty – #TIS22
“We actually saw a pretty sizable, almost 30% increase in prices for all of our equipment,” says Ross Petrick, GM & CEO of Garretson, South Dakota-based, Alliance Communications. Speaking at the 2022 Independent Show, Petrick explains some of the financial challenges of expanding broadband to unserved households in rural South Dakota. At almost $7,700 per…
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An Updated Perspective on Public-Private Broadband Partnerships
Public-private broadband partnerships can be a win-win for under and unserved communities and for incumbent providers wishing to extend their service beyond their existing footprint. This is one of the conclusions from the above interview with Dave Fridley of FARR Technologies. This conversation builds on his recent presentation at the MTA’s 2022 Convention and Conference,…
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Fiber Deployment Hitting on All Cylinders
Michael C. Render is sort of the godfather of fiber deployment predictions. His consulting group, RVA, LLC, has been tracking fiber deployment trends since the early days of fiber to the home. In the above interview, he summarizes some of the findings from his latest report. He emphasizes that, even before the 2021 infrastructure bill,…
