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Broadband Partners in Education & More
Addressing the “summer slide” for the digital disadvantaged is something that Etex has been pursuing with its local education and faith communities long before the shutdown. In the above ViodiTV Real-Time Conversation, Charlie Cano, Etex’s General Manager/CEO, talks about their efforts to use its broadband platform to help students all year long. The approach they…
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Broadband for Everyone
“We are seeing much more inclusiveness in Kansas City,” said Rick Usher, Assistant City Manager of Kansas City, Missouri. Usher was referring to the approach that Google has taken whereby deployment of fiber is going to neighborhoods where there is demand. With support of the cities, non-profits and local businesses, there is a concerted effort…
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One Economy
Broadband is not only critical for education, but for all aspects of life these days; from finding a job to filing taxes. The FCC push to create affordable broadband for families with children in school lunch programs is another step towards increasing broadband penetration from its near 70% rate today. Led by the non-profit One Economy and…
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Diversifying Revenues and Bridging the Digital Divide
Brought to you by Innovative Systems Ron Laqua of Halstad Telephone talks of the importance to an independent telco of diversifying their revenue stream. In this brief video, he speaks of the impact Halstad’s fiber backbone has had in driving new revenues, as well as bringing high speed communications to communities who otherwise would be…
