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Updating Regulations & Laws to Facilitate Broadband Deployment
Updating regulations and laws are important steps governments can take to facilitate broadband rollout. At the 2015 Annual Meeting, and in the above interview, MTA President and CEO, Brent Christensen outlined three bills in the Minnesota legislature that the MTA is championing that would further these goals. Updating rules for costs of remediation for crossing railroad…
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Uncertainty Filled the Air
Uncertainty filled the air at the 2015 ACA Summit this week in Washington D.C. Precursor, LLC president, Scott Cleland, summed up the concerns of many at this conference of independent broadband operators with his analogy of how to boil a live frog. Using that analogy, he suggested the FCC’s vote on Title II regulation of the…
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We Can Do More When We Work Together
Jean Pauk of TDS and chairperson of the MTA discusses some unusual partnerships MTA has initiated with state regulatory entities and other associations, leveraging its small staff, while helping its membership stay competitive. MTA Coverage brought to you by the MTA and ViodiTV.
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Build Broadband in Rural America
In her keynote speech at TelcoTV, Shirley Bloomfield explained how rural broadband operators must shift their message to building broadband and not just saving broadband in rural areas. In the above interview, Bloomfield, president and CEO of NTCA, points out that the networks are, “living and breathing,” and require continual upgrades to stay current with…
