Time to kill the parent trap?
By: By Vince Vittore
In the ongoing debate over Universal Service, most of the attention is focused on how it's funded...
Island hopping
By: By Dan O'Shea
Centennial Corp. isn't the only wireless player that sees potential in the Caribbean, but its focus on adjusting for each market sets it apart...
Canby Telephone comes full circle with a twist on video
By: By Vince Vittore
In 2001, Canby Telephone Association sold its incumbent cable operation to Willamette Broadband in a transaction that was fairly typical...
USF: Radical overhaul or just a tweak?
By: By Vince Vittore
The Universal Service Fund needs either a radical overhaul or just a slight tweaking. The two opposing opinions were expressed today in a Senate Commerce Committee hearing chaired by Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), above...
MetaSwitch hits double century mark
By: By Vince Vittore
MetaSwitch said today that delivered its 200th Class 4/5 switching system. The benchmark switch was supplied to BroadRiver Communication, an Atlanta-based CLEC....
Pannaway builds an Empire
By: By Vince Vittore
Pannaway Technologies announced today that Empire Telephone, an 8400-line independent based in Prattsburgh, NY, is deploying SIP-based voice-over-IP service using a combination of Nortel and Pannaway products...
Competitive VPN players benefit from consolidation
By: By Carol Wilson
Consolidation has dramatically reshaped the independent market for virtual data services in recent months, as two major players have been acquired and two others have merged ...
Neutrality and municipalities
By: By Ed Gubbins
Will the debate over network neutrality feed the municipal broadband movement...
Congressional Caucus looks at rural telco challenges
By: By Vince Vittore
The Congressional Rural Caucus this week held the first in a series of forums to delve into the challenges rural telcos face. Among those that spoke before the group, which is co-chaired by Rep. John Peterson, R-Pa., and Rep. Allen Boyd, D-Fl., were representatives from several groups representing smaller carriers...
NTCA: Rural carriers’ future getting cloudier
By: By Vince Vittore
SAN DIEGO--In a panel discussion last week as part of the Rural Telecom Summit at the NTCA Expo here, a group of industry experts ...
NTCA: ADC land FTTx deal in Georgia
By: By Vince Vittore
SAN DIEGO--ADC announced today at the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association show that Pineland Telephone Cooperative, has started deploying the vendor’s OmniReach Fiber Distribution Hub (FDH) as part of a large-scale fiber-to-the-node deployment...
NTCA: Brunner asks for cooperation
By: By Vince Vittore
SAN DIEGO--Michael Brunner, president of the National Telecommunications Cooperative, kicked off the group's annual convention this morning by saying that rural telcos must stand together to fight opponents of universal service...
Tut finds replacement middleware in Myrio
By: By Vince Vittore
Siemens Communications today announced that Tut Systems has been tabbed as an authorized reseller of its Surpass Home Entertainment middleware...
Small telcos gang up on video
By: By Carol Wilson
A group of Oklahoma and Missouri telephone companies is tackling the high cost of head-end equipment through a unique agreement that lets them share expenses...
IP video crosses the boundary
By: By Vince Vittore
It appears the cable market is catching on to the benefits of IP...
Microwave gets new life
By: By Vince Vittore
Despite the preponderance of unlit fiber, the reality is that often glass isn't located anywhere close to areas where network capacity is required...
Midwest Data looks beyond self-imposed borders
By: By Tim McElligott
Thirty-six years of being a successful, but mostly local, telecom billing company suddenly wasn't enough for Willmar, Minn.-based Midwest Data...
Guadalupe Valley grows up
By: By Tim McElligott
Who wouldn't want to live in a place named Guadalupe Valley? By the rate of growth in certain parts of that community, it would seem the answer is: nobody...
Rural broadband under the microscope
By: By Carol Wilson
Bell Canada, with help from Nortel, launches Project Chapleau, hoping to create a blueprint for other small towns ...
Coincidental success
By: By Vince Vittore
For Nsight Telservices, success has come through luck--and a lot of planning...
That lonely feeling
By: By Vince Vittore
Although most vendors claim a love of independents, the fact is many would rather sign big contracts with big carriers. How the relationship is changing faster than ever....
Fast Forward: Bob Levine, Levine Family II investment group
Bob Levine, the primary investor behind Pannaway Technologies, easily could be enjoying a well-funded retirement...
