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Women’s History Month: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Rural Broadband Association

Jeannette and her husband Mike purchased Albion Telephone Company (now ATC Communications; Albion, Idaho) in 1929. Jumping forward a few years, we have Mildred Foster , the matriarch of Twin Valley Telephone (Miltonvale, Kan.). De Lamb and her husband Bill purchased Dubois Telephone Exchange in 1958, when it only had 140 subscribers.

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Broadband Breakfast on August 7, 2024 - Live from Mountain Connect 2024

Broadband Breakfast

Join Broadband Breakfast Live Online and other guests attending Mountain Connect 2024 in Denver for a discussion about the themes raised at this year's conference. Chris has been involved in numerous deployments with telephone companies, cooperatives, municipalities, and other entities, launching fiber broadband networks.

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How To: Upgrade & Save Money on IP Paging in Educational Environments

VoIP Insider

Some environments utilize analog systems, and devices connected by hardwire, some use VoIP (IP), devices connected through ethernet/network, and some use a mixture of both, hybrid solutions. Department of Education – Safe & Supportive Schools Grants U.S. See below for just some of these options.

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Survey: About half of all households passed by fiber in 2024 -- with less than half of those connected.

EldoTelecom

Internet connectivity is regarded as a utility as was voice telephone service before it where most every address had service. With IP connectivity considered a utility, one might expect that figure to be much higher, around 90 percent or more. That allowed people to gain both mobile and home IP connectivity.

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Updated, interactive map Community Network Map from ILSR

Blandin on Broadband

The Institute for Local Self Reliance has released their new version of our Community Network Map , showing where municipal networks operate across the United States and how they are acting to bring new service, competition, and more affordable connectivity to places around the country.

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An Informed Citizens View of the Current Broadband Fiber Kerfuffle

Broadband Breakfast

Rural broadband Internet in this country for the most part remains monopolized, overpriced, insufficiently fast, hampering economic growth and resilience, as well as educational and healthcare  opportunities.  They attract businesses,  creating jobs, and support education. They just did what it took and got it done.

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Showcasing the Endless Opportunities Through Connectivity

Rural Broadband Association

No doubt looking for a little drama, he was surprised to hear everyone answer with varying versions of, “It’s actually very common” and, “We all share the same goal of connecting rural America.” Green Hills Telephone Corporation (Breckenridge, Mo.) Kingdom Telephone Company (Auxvasse, Mo.) Steelville Telephone Exchange, Inc.