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Tim Stelzig: Explaining BEAD, Trying to Bridge the Digital Divide

Broadband Breakfast

The FCC’s USF Fund was initially designed as a ratepayer cross-subsidy program to ensure all Americans had access to telephone service. The USF Fund contributed significantly to increasing telephone service coverage from less than 50% of occupied housing units in the 1940s, to 78.3% in 1960, to 90.5% in 1970, to 92.9%

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Two-thirds of UK businesses still failing on cyber security

Total Telecom

Ten per cent of businesses surveyed admitted to Beamings researchers that they were using connectivity that is unlikely to deliver the speed and bandwidth they will need to keep pace with increasing data and communications traffic.

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What is Fax over IP (FoIP)?

VoIP MS

The process involves: Fax Machine or Online Fax Service : A fax machine connected via an Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA) or an online fax platform is used to send and receive faxes. You can fax as long as you are online, there’s no need for a phone number or telephone lines.

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Mountain Telephone Upgrades Network with Telco Systems’ 100G Solution to Meet Growing Customer Demand and Prepare for Future Expansion

TELCO

MANSFIELD, MA April 5, 2024– Mountain Telephone, a leading telecommunications provider serving communities in Kentucky for nearly 75 years, announces the deployment of Telco Systems’ multi-100G solution to upgrade its network infrastructure.

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What is an IP Phone and when to use it 

VoIP MS

What is an IP Phone? As previously discussed, an IP phone is a business telephone that uses Voice over Internet Protocol technology to make phone calls over the internet. The bottom line is: with proper internet bandwidth, VoIP delivers equal or better call quality than landline phones. Learn more about Analog Telephone Adapters.

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

Broadband Breakfast

The theme of this year's event is "Beyond Bandwidth - The Power of Broadband Revolutionizing Access." Chris has been involved in numerous deployments with telephone companies, cooperatives, municipalities, and other entities, launching fiber broadband networks.

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Rural ISPs Battle for Title in First-Ever NTCA Esports Tournament

Rural Broadband Association

For four intense hours, teams showcased exactly the kind of high-bandwidth, low-latency performance that rural internet service providers (ISPs) are uniquely positioned to deliver. Jaylen Bryant (Bulloch Telephone Services, Statesboro, Ga.) against the UW-Stout Blue Devils (West Wisconsin Telcom Coop. Menomonie, Wis).