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From Marine Biologist to Grassroots Spirit Award Winner – #TIS22
One would not expect a former marine biologist to win the 2022 ACA Connects Lyn Simpson Grassroots Spirit Award. But serving local communities, which is the essence of that important award, is in Marty Carollo’s blood. His grandfather brought cable television to his part of “The Equality State” in 1956 and Marty grew up in…
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Don’t Wait Until the Last Minute – #TIS22
This is your warning not to be in the back of the line on Valentine’s Day. This is one takeaway from the above conversation with Dawn McMorrow, NCTC Marketing Director. As a former product manager for a famous greeting card company, McMorrow brings a unique perspective to the holiday that ranks only behind Christmas and…
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Connected Beyond Broadband – Matt Polka’s TIS22 Exit Interview
The name ACA Connects reflects the work of its members in building networks that connect Americans. The connections they provide to the communities they serve go beyond the bits and bytes that flow through their networks. Their local presence enables the human connection that really matters. For 25 years, as ACA Connects president and CEO,…
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Social Media – “A Cancer on Civility” – #TIS22
Greg Walden sometimes wonders, “Does your mother know you talk that way?” As a former U.S. Congressman for more than two decades representing rural Oregon, Walden has noticed a decline in face-to-face civil discourse. In the above interview, he points to the online world as a cause of the in-person rancor, suggesting that social media…
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A Cyber Security Resource from Uncle Sam – #TIS22
ISPs could use all the help they can muster in the war against cyber criminals, cyber terrorists, and other bad actors. Brian Kettman faces this problem every day. As CTO of digiMAX Fiber, Kettman has found a no-cost scanning resource from the federal government that helps him understand potential vulnerabilities in his network. In the…
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Monster Mike – Helping the Competition Is a Win-Win – #TIS22
A leg amputation would end the career of most professional sports athletes. In the case of Monster Mike Schultz, his snowmobile crash and resulting recovery was a springboard to a new career, a different sport, and a broadening of his horizon. In the above interview, Schultz describes the prosthetic sports leg he developed that has…
