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Tribute to Jack Rhyner
Paula Eller of Yukon Telephone, reflects on the life of a key industry figure that started in the industry that at age 16. TelAlaska’s Jack Rhyner, who lost his battle with cancer a few months ago, worked tirelessly to ensure Alaska’s rural areas received the support necessary to bring telecom services to the most remote…
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Universal Broadband
In this brief interview given at the IP Possibilities Conference & Expo, John Rose, President of OPASTCO, talks of the concept of universal broadband. OPASTCO represents 500+ independent telecom operators, which primarily serve rural areas of the U.S. and Canada. Rose suggests that broadband is not a one-size-fits-all service and, as such, operators will have to…
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MTA + MART = MTA | Independent Telecom Industry's New Math
The biggest news from day one of the Minnesota Telecom Alliance’s 99th Annual Convention is the Minnesota Telecom Alliance (MTA). By unanimous votes of their respective memberships, the MTA and MART (Minnesota Association for Rural Telecom) agreed yesterday morning to merge into a combined organization that will retain the MTA moniker. This is significant for several reasons,…
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Call for Community from Ben Stein
In this brief video interview after his keynote address at OPASTCO’s 2008 Winter Conference, Ben Stein laments the loss of community in present-day America. He suggests that urban America can learn a lesson from rural America, as well as the armed forces regarding the importance of community.
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"The Face of OPASTCO"
Brought to you by Innovative Systems In this brief video, John Rose discusses the importance of broadband to the members of OPASTCO and their customers. In his comments at the OPASTCO conference, Rose suggested that there probably would not be much near-term movement on USF and Inter-carrier Compensation policy. He emphasized the need for educating…
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Crystal Clear Water Bottles & More at C-scape Global Forum 2007
A recurring theme of the C-Scape Global Forum 2007 was the combination of technology and process change to accelerate innovation and growth. John Chambers used Cisco as a real-life example of how they have used technology and process change to increase the number of major initiatives it undertakes from two to nine or ten per…
