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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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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. I found 38 communities searching for Minnesota.

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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. Click the image to enlarge.

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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.

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

Broadband Breakfast

Panelists Chris Bailey , Director of Sales, Wesco Allen Meyer , VP of Strategy, Corridor Network Construction Inc. Chris has been involved in numerous deployments with telephone companies, cooperatives, municipalities, and other entities, launching fiber broadband networks.

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Women’s History Month: Today’s Trailblazers

Rural Broadband Association

Currently led by Chair Roxie Jorgenson , board secretary of MTA (Palmer, Alaska), the board also includes Central Region Cooperative Director Tonya Mayer , general manager/CEO of Hemingford Cooperative Telephone Company and Mobius Communications (Hemingford, Neb.), in 1995 as a part-time employee in the repair services department.

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How Reliable is Our Nation's – and the World's – Broadband Infrastructure?

Broadband Breakfast

Land-based examples of infrastructure damage include trenchers and tractors that inadvertently slice through underground wiring, or Acts of God such as hurricanes and tornadoes that tear apart wireline telephone poles or telecom towers everywhere.  Ubiquitous software and hardware malfunctions are another challenge.   David W.

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