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“ We ’ ve had to disrupt our own internal processes and ways of thinking and to accommodate and embrace new technologies ”
— Jody Call , Chief Technology Officer , RiverStreet Networks
Under its expansion strategy , RiverStreet has acquired and merged with other businesses in the state of Wilkes County , North Carolina . The company anticipates that its customer and account rate will reach 35,000 by the end of this year , following the completion of further deals , with 25,000 of those customers connecting to broadband . “ The paradigm shift in the industry is to provide broadband in the unserved and under-served areas and to address the digital divide – we ’ re looking at that through several different ways of infrastructure ,” says Call . RiverStreet upgrades fiber to home , DSL networks , RF cables and traditional cable television , and is looking into fixed wireless options .
Part of RiverStreet ’ s continual transformation includes regularly evaluating each incumbent vendor relationship and their respective product roadmaps . These relationships and roadmaps have to be aligned with the firm ’ s current and future plans as they change – technologies change , customer needs change , and cost is always an underlying factor . Avoiding getting too comfortable in any vendor relationship is paramount in how
AUGUST 2019