A 2001 article in Economic Review, the journal of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, reported a series of population trends that affect rural representation in Washington: 1990 was the first time that more than 50 percent of Americans lived in metro areas with populations greater than 1,000,000
Broadband industry stakeholders and advocates convened in Washington, D.C., this week for NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association’s 2018 Legislative and Policy (L&P) Conference, which began Monday, April 16, with an address from NTCA Chief Executive Officer Shirley Bloomfield.
With a new presidential administration came new leadership at the FCC—commissioner Ajit Pai was appointed chairman of the commission in January 2017, and soon after the political balance of the commission shifted.
Challenges to rural broadband deployment vary across our diverse country, so I recently embarked on a regional tour focused on both the needs and accomplishments of several communities as they work to connect their friends and neighbors. Last month, I returned from the fourth and final of these e-connectivity listening sessions, held in Denver, Colo.
By Laura Withers, Vice President of Strategic Communications, NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association July 17, 2019 Nearly 30 women managers from NTCA member companies traveled to Washington, D.C. last week to participate in the association’s third annual Women in...
