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Whether it’s carried by fiber, delivered through a wireless connection or beamed from a satellite, NRTC is your key to broadband. We can help you start a network from scratch or optimize the one you currently have. Help you evaluate feasibility and identify funding opportunities. Help you design, build and operate your network. We can help with every aspect of your broadband project.  

We’ll work with you to evaluate, plan, design, and manage the build of a fiber, wireless or hybrid (fiber/wireless) network to bring broadband to homes and businesses requiring high-speed Internet solutions. And, we help you make that project sustainable by supporting your launch and providing essential services critical to your network’s on-going operations. We partner with electric and telephone members across rural America to implement successful broadband projects.   

Feasibility
Building a broadband network is a complex undertaking—and most likely the largest investment made in the communities you serve in generations. NRTC’s team of experts is ready to help you make thoughtful and well-informed decisions when pursuing the creation of your broadband business.
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Network Engineering
Every network is different—and so are our solutions. NRTC’s inside plant network engineers work side-by-side with you to determine the services and technologies that will best suit your business and connectivity needs of today and tomorrow. As a co-operative, we do far more than design and build networks; we partner with our members to build lasting infrastructure that enables rural communities to grow and thrive.
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Design Solutions
Building a FTTx, wireless, or smart grid network is a generational investment in your community. It’s also a massive undertaking—one you want done right. With industry-leading tools and decades of experience, NRTC is the partner you can lean on to design and deploy a network capable of supporting long-term growth.
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Project and Construction Management
You’re doing more than building a new broadband network, you’re beginning a new and complex business venture. Our project and construction management teams are committed to ensuring your business is designed and deployed to meet your needs. We carefully manage the work being done in your community to verify everything is done correctly and on schedule.
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Procurement
The community you serve matters—to you and to us. So, when it comes to acquiring the necessary materials to build and maintain your network, our procurement team leverages their knowledge, experience, and long-standing relationships with key suppliers to ensure you’re well taken care of.
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Bundling (Mobile and Video)
Bundling your broadband services with Mobile and streaming video solutions can make your subscribers “stickier” and less likely to leave for another service.
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Why Choose NRTC?

There are many providers out there who can help you develop, deploy and maintain your broadband network. But NRTC is different.

We understand that every network is unique, and there is no “one-size fits all” solution. We don’t have a specific network we’re trying to sell—we help you explore all available options to understand the potential effects each one can have on your business.

What’s more, NRTC is organized as a cooperative. That means that we are not driven by profit, but rather the long-term success of our members.

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The Latest News and Events

Broken USF May Require a Congressional Solution

The two potential solutions to the sustainability problems ailing the FCC’s Universal Service Fund appear to be either contribution reform or direct appropriation from Congress. Some worry that Congress will not act. Panelists appearing at a recent conference in DC said it might take the Supreme Court declaring the USF program unconstitutional to spur Congressional interest.
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BEAD Changes Could Include Program Consolidation, Audits, Alternative Technologies

The most likely changes to the $42 billion BEAD program after the Trump Administration takes over appear to involve deemphasizing fiber construction and loosening barriers to fixed wireless and satellite to unserved rural areas. Speakers at a Broadband Breakfast conference last week also suggested there could be audits and searches to remove certain requirements from BEAD rules and consolidation of BEAD with other broadband funding programs.
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NTCA Praises ACCESS Rural America Act’s Senate Passage

Recent Senate passage of the Access to Capital Creates Economic Strength and Supports (ACCESS) Rural America Act moves regulatory relief for rural broadband providers closer to reality. The bill, which would relieve many telcos from SEC reporting requirements, is unlikely to pass before the end of the current Congress but appears to be gaining momentum for the next Congress.
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