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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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Educate Your Educational Clients (and Prospects)

VoIP Networks

Now is the time when schools and other educational institutions are planning their budgets for the next fiscal year. This is an excellent opportunity to discuss upgrades with educational clients and prospects considering revamping or replacing their current communications systems. If not, you have an opportunity to educate them.)

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

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Department of Education – Safe & Supportive Schools Grants U.S. Algo Solutions Algo manufactures IP endpoints for paging, emergency alerting, and secure entry in UC, collaboration, and mass notification environments, serving sectors like education, healthcare, and government. Click the image to enlarge.

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FCC Defends Bus Wi-Fi Before 5th Circuit

Broadband Breakfast

FCC , brought by Texas residents Maureen and Matthew Molak , challenged whether federal money contained in the FCC’s E-Rate program, meant to support educational access within school buildings, can legally extend to buses. ” The case, Molak v. Representing the Molaks, attorney David K.

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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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Updated, interactive map Community Network Map from ILSR

Blandin on Broadband

Communities invest in telecommunications networks for a variety of reasons – economic development, improving access to education and health care, price stabilization, etc. We continue to expand this map with other forms of publicly owned networks, including Indigenously owned networks and telephone and electric cooperatives.

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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.), West River Cooperative Telephone Company (WRCTC; Bison, S.D.)