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April, 28, 2018, NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association was a proud partner in the first event in a series of listening sessions focused on ways the government and private industries can work together to tackle rural broadband challenges and the opportunities improved e-connectivity bring to the people and economies of the nation’s rural regions.

The internet moves at a breakneck pace. Goods are constantly being purchased, pages updated, content released, videos streamed—and access to this online world requires a robust broadband connection.

There is a market; there is a bar; there is a fire department; there is some industry in the form of small businesses. But, the town's claim to fame is the annual Wooden Shoe Tulip Fest.

Both cases speak to the increasing prevalence of technology in our lives. Or, more specifically, technology that can provide third-parties with a stunningly accurate picture of a person's "familial, political, professional, religious, and sexual associations."

NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association kicked off its season of Regional Conferences July 15, 2018, in Hilton Head, S.C.

On July 31, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) convened a National Cybersecurity Summit in New York City to discuss cybersecurity threats and the public-private partnership to protect critical infrastructure and national security.

In small towns throughout rural America, broadband providers are seldom just broadband providers.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a Agriculture and Rural SuperCluster meeting at Purdue next month.

In the hills of eastern Kentucky, NTCA leader Keith Gabbard is more than the general manager of a telephone company. Keith is a first responder to a growing and monumental challenge in rural America-- mental health.

Blackfoot recently launched C2M beta, an “open innovation lab” that seeks to help early-stage businesses achieve success.