“Cooperation Among Cooperatives” is one of the seven principles embraced by cooperatives throughout the world. Consolidated Telephone Cooperative (CTC), in Brainerd, Minnesota, has taken that principle seriously by partnering with electric cooperatives and other public entities to build and maintain state-of-the-art fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) networks for over 10 years. CTC has served its members with telecommunications services forContinue reading ““Cooperation Among Cooperatives””
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Economic Development Drives Fiber-Focused Community Vision
Colorado Springs, Colorado Population 483,956 Early-morning coffee discussions between the mayor of the City of Colorado Springs and the CEO of Colorado Springs Utilities (Springs Utilities) led to a focus on the growing needs for community-owned broadband infrastructure beginning in 2020. For Springs Utilities, municipally owned and citywide connectivity was increasingly necessary to manage theContinue reading “Economic Development Drives Fiber-Focused Community Vision”
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