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  • Rural America Needs Advanced Services & Competition – Part 1

    Rural America Needs Advanced Services & Competition – Part 1

    The above title is by no means an original thought; this belief has been documented in policy statements and legislation at the Federal and individual state level many times over the years.  Technology and other social factors have resulted in many changes to telecommunications policy for the common good of our country.  A significant number…

  • Will 2011 Be the Year of Fiber to the Building?

    Background: Stimulated by predictions of exponential Internet traffic growth and advances in DWDM/ fiber optic technology, the dot com and telecom bubble years of 1998-2001 were marked by waves of optical network start-up companies that were very well funded by VCs and Angel Investors. Many of those companies were focused on Metro Optical network access,…