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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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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.    David W.

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Showcasing the Endless Opportunities Through Connectivity

Rural Broadband Association

Green Hills Telephone Corporation (Breckenridge, Mo.) Kingdom Telephone Company (Auxvasse, Mo.) Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company (Green City, Mo). Steelville Telephone Exchange, Inc. Participating Providers Chariton Valley Broadband, LLC (Macon, Mo.) GRM Networks (Princeton, Mo.) Steelville, Mo.)

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

Broadband Breakfast

Jenny Miller , Director of Government Affairs, Education Superhighway Drew Clark  (moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast Over his 27-year career,  Chris Bailey  has worked for both supplier and distribution companies of various sizes.

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FCC Urged to Improve Approach to Collecting Broadband Data

Broadband Breakfast

Introduced in 2000, Form 477 was originally intended to track broadband deployment and local telephone competition through self-reported data from service providers. Comments from NRECA and Public Knowledge argued that the current benchmark of 100/20 Megabits per second (Mbps) was outdated.

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The True Cost of E911 Noncompliance: A $40 Million Tragedy

CADY

Yet many organizations – including businesses, hospitals, schools, municipalities, and event venues – unknowingly fail to comply with Kari’s Law and RAY BAUM’s Act, the federal regulations that govern E911 for multi-line telephone systems (MLTS). These resources can help.

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VoIP Phone Systems Are Improving All School Safety in 2022

Review VoIP

One way to ensure the ultimate care for our children is with the best telephone systems for schools. To get the most out of VoIP reviews for telephone systems, learn more about VoIP phone systems for schools, and improve school safety in 2022, continue reading. What Are the Benefits of the Best Telephone Systems for Schools?

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