Fixed wireless connectivity can be connected using existing assets such as cellphone towers , state , county or city owned towers , water towers , and grain silos at agricultural locations . “ We ’ ve transformed our mindset to say , ‘ It ’ s okay to offer this ’,” he adds .
RiverStreet recently entered into a 10 to 20-year partnership with the North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation ( NCEMC ), which governs the 26 cooperatives across the state . “ There ’ s been a lot of talk in recent years about electric coops wanting to get into the broadband business – they don ’ t want to do it for a lot of the same
“Our mission at the time , although we didn ’ t know it , was to serve the un-served ”
— Jody Call , Chief Technology Officer , RiverStreet Networks
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