Slide 1  Entry into Telecommunications Rural ILEC Perspective Jill Canfield Senior Regulatory Counsel NTCA jcanfield@ntca.org
Slide 2 Changing Face of Telecommunications 
Slide 3 Rural Youth - 9 out of 10 have mobile phone
- Pay up to $50/month for service
- Consider mobile service “essential”
- 90% have Internet connection
- Primary use is email
- Consider broadband access “essential”
- Half have more than 100 channels of video
- No brand loyalty
Slide 4 Independent Rural Carriers - Independent Rural carriers are progressive:
- Rural telephone companies were the first to deploy digital switching
- 97% offer custom calling features
- 92% offer Internet
- 84% offer long distance
- 55% offer mobile wireless service
- 29% are CLECs
- Rural Carriers are community based companies with local decision making
- Rural Carriers are strongly committed to public service
- Rural Carriers have a reputation for quality service
Slide 5 Nonmetro Counties [D]
Slide 6 Advancing the Communications Revolution Copyright MapInfo Corp 1999 All Rights Reserved [D]
Slide 7 Competitive Pressures - Minutes of use declining
- Increased emphasis on broadband “pipe”
- 87% face broadband competition from at least one other provider
- Most face competition only in cities and towns, but 47% throughout service territory
- 54% “very concerned” about cable offering voice
Slide 8 BROADBAND MARKETING PROMOTIONS [D]
Slide 9 Members Offering Video Service [D]
Slide 10 BARRIERS TO BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT [D]
Slide 11 BARRIERS TO BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT: 2003-2007 [D]
Slide 12 BARRIERS TO BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT: 2003-2007 (con’t.) [D]
Slide 13 Key Issues - Universal Service
- Access to video content
- Compensation for use of the network
- Regulatory certainty
- Unfunded mandates
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