How Rural Internet Access is Being Transformed by Electric Cooperatives - Episode 559 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Community Broadband Bits
English - July 05, 2023 21:12 - 25 minutes - 18.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsTechnology News Tech News community telecommunications muni broadband wireless wifi fiberoptics economic development fiber Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Electric cooperatives overwhelmingly serve regions that face population density challenges and income disparities as compared to their urban counterparts, as well as all of the other challenges that go with it: declining populations, hospital closures, increasingly frequent extreme weather events, and more. This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Brian O'Hara, Senior Director of Regulatory Issues for Telecom and Broadband at NRECA, to talk about how more than a quarter of the country's electric cooperatives have answered the call of their members and expanded into Internet service.