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Competing on a Two-Way Basis
Jeff Leslie of ITS Fiber and ITS Telecom, a last-mile provider of broadband and data center services in south central Florida, explains the importance of the just enacted modification to NECA Tariff #5 that will allow rural carriers to competitively price symmetric services on their fiber to the home networks. ITS Telecom is an incumbent LEC that serves…
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Comments on the National Broadband Plan
Bill Hegmann of NECA discusses the National Broadband Plan in this interview at the 2011 Minnesota Telecom Alliance Annual Convention. He points out that the majority of the un-served customers are located in price-cap areas, as opposed to the areas served by rate of return operators. He also provides details of their research, which indicates…
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A Key Conference
In its second year, the NTCA Key Employee Conference is a bit different from so many of today’s conferences as it short on hype and long on learning practical skills. One of the distinguishing features is that it provides a variety of courses that expose industry personnel to facets of the business that they might otherwise…
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Regional Is the Word That You Heard
Regional is the operative word in rural economic development, according to Mark Drabenstott, Director of the RUPRI Center for Regional Competitiveness. Drabenstott gave the keynote opening speech at NECA’s Annual Conference in San Francisco. He suggested that organizing by region is imperative in today’s global economy. He suggested that we are in, “a global economics…
