Planning

Great results can only come from sound beginnings 

We know a “one size fits all” approach doesn’t work for our members. The technology path that works for one member may not be right for another. We also know that planning is essential when making significant, often generational, technology investments.

Our Broadband Feasibility Studies, Smart Grid Technology Planning and Funding Services are customized for each member based on your realities – service area, financial situation, current infrastructure, demographics and competitive environment.

The result is a meaningful analysis that empowers you make sound decisions. Our experienced team takes the time to review options with you, make recommendations and develop a technology approach that’s best for you.

Planning also helps you see how all the pieces fit together and figure out what’s next. When you build a broadband network, how can it benefit future smart grid applications? When you deploy a mobile voice and data service, what does it mean for your broadband subscriber base?

We see the big picture, and we take the long view because we that’s what a partner should do.

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Project to Bring Broadband to Rural Vermont Wins Grants

Two grants totaling more than $16 million to support broadband construction projects. Most of the support – $15,899,089 – goes to the Communications Union District serving the Northeast Kingdom (NEK) to carry on a project connecting 45 rural towns in three counties to fiber broadband. 

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How We Help Our Members Plan Their Projects

FCC Seeks to Move Title II Appeal to the D.C. Circuit

The FCC is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Ohio to transfer the appeal of its April order to restore Title II telecommunications regulation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. It cited the DC Circuit’s long history and familiarity with similar cases. The Title II order is set to go into effect on July 22. The Commission also denied a petition by several organizations to stay the order prior to the appeal.

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Supreme Court Overturns Chevron, Placing Doubt on Title II Order

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the 40-year-old Chevron Doctrine, which directed courts to give deference to federal agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous statutes. The doctrine has been a case-determining factor in thousands of issues before the court, including telecommunications cases. Some believe that the FCC’s recent order reinstating Title II regulation for broadband providers could be at risk following the end of the Chevron Doctrine.

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