Startup Open Broadband, a North Carolina-based wireless internet service provider targeting what it calls “underserved communities,” is getting fresh cash from investors who like the idea.
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Michael Baylor (WRAL Digital Solutions) headed down to Wilson, NC to talk to Greenlight Community Broadband and other community members about the innovation in Eastern North Carolina, during its annual Whirligig Festival. Since the time of tobacco trading, Eastern North Carolina has been a leader in agriculture and business,...
Read MoreIn an era where high speed Internet access is seen as a public utility — a fundamental right — one North Carolina company is seeking to more equitably distribute high-speed access across the state, particularly in more rural communities. That company is Open Broadband, founded by Alan Fitzpatrick (CEO) and Kent Winrich (CTO), two telecom industry veterans that saw an opportunity to disrupt broadband companies across North Carolina. Open Broadband is an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that only deploys service to underserved markets. As the FCC reports that nearly 30 precent of census tracts in the United States lack...
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