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The high cost of serving high cost areas

Mark Goldberg

At the time, I described an interesting CRTC proceeding underway to examine the future of voice telephone service to a total of 110 households and 5 businesses located in 8 communities served by 3 telephone exchanges located off the beaten track in British Columbia.

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An Informed Citizens View of the Current Broadband Fiber Kerfuffle

Broadband Breakfast

While burying fiber may be costly in some areas, existing electrical, telephone, and railroad right-of-ways— often now hiking trails—offer an underused infrastructure that could be repurposed to string aerial or bury fiber  cables. They just did what it took and got it done. He holds a B.S.

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Eight Hundred Words to the Nattering Nabobs Of Negativism

Broadband Breakfast

My Grandfather's generation built the rural electrification grid, and the telephone network with the help of the first generation of immigrants. Manufacturing companies setup immigrant labor camps during the early and mid-20th century to house and provide for immigrants who came to work for these companies. He holds a B.S.

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Nortel Networks Phone Systems – Support & Upgrades

NetWork Telecom

Nortel Network Communications, often simply referred to as Nortel, was a multinational telecommunications and networking communications equipment manufacturer headquartered in Mississauga, Canada. If you already have a Nortel telephone system in your office and would like to discuss how you can get more out of it, contact us today !

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Deutsche Telekom 5G Small Cells in Phone Boxes

Telecoms Infrastructure Blog

Vodafone and BT/EE in UK have been deploying small cells in phone boxes for years, now the German operator Deutsche Telekom is going the same way as it starts dismantling the last remaining 12,000 public telephones of the 160,000 that used to exist. There are currently around 12,000 public telephones from Telekom.

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Cohesive Technologies to Exhibit with Guardian Telecom at Convergence India 2024

Cohesive Global

Cohesive Technologies will showcase Guardian Telecom DTT/DTR Series Desk/Wall VoIP Telephone & Guardian Telecom EXT Series Explosion Proof Telephones where Guardian Telecom’s DTT/DTR Series comes in both Hazardous & Non-Hazardous VoIP telephone with silicon keypad and armored handset cord is designed to provide safe, reliable communication.

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

VoIP Insider

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. CyberData Founded in 1974, CyberData designs and manufactures equipment for companies like Epson, Dell, and HP.