This summer, greater access to fiber broadband is coming to Conway, S.C., and surrounding areas. Horry Telephone Cooperative, an NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association member company, announced recently that it will be retiring some of its copper-based infrastructure—used primarily for landline phones—and replacing it with fiber.
Arlington, Va. (May 25, 2018)—NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association today released the following statement thanking Senators Daines (R–Mont.) and Leahy (D–Vt.) for introducing the Reprioritizing Unserved Rural Areas and Locations for...
Arlington, Va. (May 25, 2018)—NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association issued the following statement from Chief Executive Officer Shirley Bloomfield in response to Sens. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
Arlington, Va. (June 12, 2018)—NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association today released the following statement thanking Rep. Kevin Cramer (R–N.D.) for introducing the Reprioritizing Unserved Rural Areas and Locations for Broadband Act...
Arlington, Va. (June 21, 2018) – NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association today issued the following statement from Chief Executive Officer Shirley Bloomfield regarding the passage of H.R. 2, The Agriculture and...
More than a decade ago, in 2006, two NTCA member companies formed a partnership to jointly purchase Harmony Telephone Co. (Harmony, Minn.), to serve more rural customers in parts of Minnesota and Iowa.
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.
