Broadband Breakfast on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 — Best Practices for Delivering Rural Networks
Live from Broadband Communities, Broadband Breakfast will explore how to serve rural networks and electric cooperatives.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2021, 12 Noon ET — “Best Practices for Delivering Rural Networks”
TransWorld Network, Corp. began offering enterprise-focused long distance services in the upper Midwest, but soon began seeing a need for reliable and affordable dial-up internet services in rural areas — beginning a two-decade partnership with rural electric cooperatives. Just as TWN’s co-op partners first brought electricity to rural areas in the 1930s and 1940s, working through TWN, and TWN’s partnership with Render Networks and Biarri Networks, the entity is bringing broadband internet and digital phone services to the roundabouts of rural networks and cooperatives. This session of Broadband Breakfast Live Online will explore end-to-end digital planning, engineering and construction; delivery confidence based on a geospatial approach to broadband data, and TWN’s customer experience and network performance.
Panelists:
- Colin Wood, CEO, TWN Communications
- Lori Sherwood, Director, Commercial and Market Development, Render Networks
- Paul Sulisz, CEO, Biarri Networks
- Drew Clark (moderator), Editor and Publisher of Broadband Breakfast
Colin Wood founded TWN Communications 21 years ago and continues to serve as its CEO. He is responsible for the organization’s overall strategic direction, and is tasked with ensuring TWN upholds its mission to bring the best in broadband to the most underserved areas. He graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce from McMaster University in Ontario, earned his CPA certification, worked at Deloitte & Touche, and served as financial controller at Westinghouse Electric. Colin was CFO at London Telecom before starting TWN Communications.
Lori Sherwood is a strategic industry leader with decades of broadband experience, more recently focused on uncovering solutions for rural communities. As the Director of Commercial and Market Development for Render Networks, she has a background in contract development, community broadband networks, and issues facing municipalities. Lori has successfully led programs awarding federal stimulus grant processes with hundred-million-dollar investments. Lori is currently a Member of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA).
Drew Clark, Editor and Publisher of Broadband Breakfast, also serves as Of Counsel to The CommLaw Group. He has helped fiber-based and fixed wireless providers negotiate telecom leases and fiber IRUs, litigate to operate in the public right of way, and argue regulatory classifications before federal and state authorities. He has also worked with cities on structuring Public-Private Partnerships for better broadband access for their communities. Drew brings experts and practitioners together to advance the benefits provided by broadband. He is also the President of the Rural Telecommunications Congress.
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