The Divide: How rural electric co-ops like Tri-Co are closing deep broadband gaps - podcast episode cover

The Divide: How rural electric co-ops like Tri-Co are closing deep broadband gaps

May 20, 202219 min
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Episode description

On this episode, we're joined by Elizabeth Page, national sales director at Ribbon Communications; and Aaron Young, chief operating officer at Tri-Co Connections, a fiber broadband provider in rural Pennsylvania powered by Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative, and a customer of Ribbon's. We discuss why, how and when Tri-Co started deploying broadband to its service area and the state of its rollout, why electric co-ops are well-placed to fill in broadband gaps in the rural US, Ribbon's role in rural broadband delivery – and much more.


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