“ We don ’ t just want to survive in the industry , we want to be able to thrive ”

— Jody Call , Chief Technology Officer , RiverStreet Networks

296 reasons we don ’ t want to get into the electric business , because it ’ s foreign to us . We wanted a partnership in which we share revenue , but we could utlise the NCEMC ’ s fiber optic infrastructure connected to substations , and in return we could do fixed wireless or fiber to the home for customers in rural areas .” The NCEMC has roughly 1.2mn customers across North Carolina , with about 700,000 being within the 17 counties RiverStreet is targeting . “ First , we get customers connected to fixed wireless ; that shows us where the interest is . Then we could then build a permanent fiber to the home solution to those pockets .

AUGUST 2019