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Wednesday, August 25, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Real World Broadband Results, Metrics, and Best Practices – Results from a Comprehensive Electric Cooperative Benchmarking Study
  • Room: B113-114
The electric cooperative community now has a significant number of broadband deployments. What can we learn from their experience? Hear the results – and from some participants - of a comprehensive benchmarking study that sought to answer: What were the range of build costs, take rates, revenues and other metrics?... Read More
Speaker(s)
Industry Partner
Rudy Tober
Vice President, Marketing, Broadband Solutions
NRTC
Industry Partner
Ted Solomon
Vice President of Strategy
NRTC
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Sponsored by

    Wednesday, August 25, 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM

    The Benefits of Turnkey Subscriber Management
    • Room: B113-114
    Utility providers delivering broadband to their customers are learning that service is about more than just network access—their subscribers’ quality of experience needs to be flawless. At the same time, operators require easy-to-use, effective management tools to make their broadband business ultra-efficient and profitable, creating new sources of revenue and... Read More
    Speaker(s)
    Vendor Member
    Mr  Greg Luhman
    Business Development Manager at ADTRAN
    ADTRAN
    Track(s)
    Sponsored by

      Wednesday, August 25, 10:50 AM - 11:50 AM

      Broadband Deployment & Supply Chain Challenges
      • Room: B113-114
      Broadband internet is becoming another necessary utility and living in a rural area should no longer limit your options. Many cooperatives are working to solve this digitial divide by building a broadband business and infrastructure to provide connectivity for its community members. However, many deployments are experiencing delays due to... Read More
      Speaker(s)
      Utility Member
      Aaron Young
      Chief Operating Officer, Tri-Co Connections
      Tri-County Rural Electrical Coop
      Vendor Member
      Douglas Dowling
      Director Sales & Business Development
      CommScope
      Vendor Member
      Gary Wood
      President & CEO
      CVEC & CVSI
      Vendor Member
      Scott Jackson
      National Market Manager
      Graybar
      Track(s)
      Sponsored by

        Thursday, August 26, 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

        Challenges Deploying a Packet-Based Substation Local Area Network
        • Room: B113-114
        Many utilities are facing aging substation communications infrastructure and looking at new communications solutions centered around Ethernet communications. With these new communications networks also come new capabilities around substation data acquisition and control. The ability to establish broadband field area networks based out of these substations to support distribution automation... Read More
        Speaker(s)
        Vendor Member
        Mike Mahoney
        Project Manager
        Burns & McDonnell
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        Sponsored by

          Thursday, August 26, 2:55 PM - 3:55 PM

          Quick Start Guide for Selling Broadband to Businesses
          • Room: B113-114
          You’re used to being the only game in town for your services. Now you’re competing in broadband and need to think and act differently to win and retain business customers. Experts will share advice on defining, selling, and supporting your broadband commercial portfolio for customers including retail shops, schools, healthcare,... Read More
          Speaker(s)
          Non-Member Vendor
          Chelsea Radich
          Marketing Consultant
          Pivot
          Non-Member Vendor
          Scott Wilson
          VP, Business Development
          Alianza
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          Sponsored by

            Thursday, August 26, 4:05 PM - 5:05 PM

            Technical Debt – The Hidden Cost of Next Generation Broadband Services
            • Room: B113-114
            The next generation of broadband services are coming faster than predicted. 5G, IoT and Industry 4.0 require additional capacity. The surge in telehealth, remote learning, ecommerce, and work from home demands even more broadband capacity and highlights the need to fill in under-served communities. Broadband service providers are facing significant... Read More
            Speaker(s)
            Vendor Member
            Jeff Boozer
            Market Development Strategy, Utility and Municipal Sector
            ETI Software Solutions
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            Sponsored by

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