What It Takes for Co-ops to Enter the Broadband Space
Along Those Lines
English - January 24, 2023 15:59 - 23 minutes - 32.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsGovernment Business Non-Profit america cooperatives nreca rural electricity energy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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More than 200 electric co-ops have already built or started work to offer broadband either on their own or in a partnership, and that number will only grow with billions in funding on the way to help close the digital divide. But what does it take for a co-op to create and run a broadband business? Hear from Craig Eccher, former CEO of Tri-County REC in Pennsylvania and its broadband subsidiary, Bill Gerski of Beacon Broadband, a subsidiary of Coos-Curry EC in Oregon, and NRECA's Paul Breakman.