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BT urges SMEs to go digital  

Total Telecom

In the past, 14% were slow to adopt the internet, 18% hesitated with social media, and 11% delayed using personal computers. The UKs analogue copper telephone network has a proud history, but its no longer up to the task for businesses. Those that delay may struggle to keep up with modern technology.

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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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Dean Bubley: After Budget Bill, Do No Harm to CBRS and 6 GHz

Broadband Breakfast

The band is also home to tens of thousands of fixed microwave links used for purposes such as control and management of public utilities’ infrastructure, public safety networks, backhaul for cell towers and long-distance telephone links. These need extremely high reliability and cannot be easily or quickly moved to alternative bands.

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Should Your Business Invest in an 1800 Number? Here’s What You Need to Know

VoIP Review

1800 Numbers Explained An 1800 number is a type of toll-free telephone number commonly used by businesses to enable customers to call them from landlines or mobile phones without incurring any charges. The business covers the costs of incoming calls, creating a seamless, customer-friendly, and free communication tool.

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How To: How to Expand Your VoIP System with Gateways and Adapters

VoIP Insider

VoIP gateways and analog telephone adapters (ATAs) make it easy to expand your network. They come in two main types: FXO Gateways : Connect to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to bring traditional phone lines into your VoIP system. If you are working with legacy infrastructures or maybe have analog devices, no worries!

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Drowning Out the Noise

Rural Broadband Association

Each day brings new noise: politics, social media outbursts, endless opinions, baskets of drama and mounting demands on our attention. To learn more about WIT or get involved, visit ntca.org/wit. Our world today is undeniably loud.

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What is an Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA)? 

VoIP MS

Surprisingly, it remains more relevant than you think hence the popularity of Analog Telephone Adapters (ATAs). What is an Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA)? An Analog Telephone Adapter is a device that connects traditional analog phones to a digital or VoIP network. What does an Analog Telephone Adapter do?