Congratulations to all SRC Showcase Award Winners

Mosaic Technologies

Cameron, WI
Area Served: 2,300 square miles
Population: 25,191

Impact
Mosaic's broadband allowed the Barron County Fair Board to livestream its annual livestock auction and Pro Rodeo nationwide.

Community
Nonprofit Mosaic aids the Boys and Girls Club of Barron County and Benjamin’s House Emergency Center as their technology partner in their fundraising efforts. Both organizations’ fundraising revenue comes from silent auctions that can be conducted on a mobile platform. This allows the organizations to conduct their auctions electronically, giving guests the chance to view items before the event, bid efficiently and monitor bidding on their mobile devices.

Manufacturing
Supports cheese manufacturer that doubled size of 1928 facility and increased employment by 350; Mosaic plowed fiber to support operations with European counterparts.

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Mountain Rural Telephone Coop. Corp. Inc

West Liberty, KY
Area Served: 1,048
Population: 34,446

Mountain Telephone partnered with their local schools, banks, businesses and cooperatives to provide reliable services to their shared customer base.

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NineStar Connect

Greenfield, IN
Area Served: 320 square mile, eight county region of central Indiana.
Population: 15,000 members

Partnerships
NineStar smart meters enable meter reading automation and time of use rates, eliminating costly meter readings and enabling users to identify usage trends and purchase energy when it is most economical. NineStar Connect, itself a merger between a communications and energy company, has created an additional communications firm with an area energy company and partners with other public utilities to deliver GigE services to users in rural Indiana. 

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North Central Telephone Cooperative, Inc

Lafayette, TN
Area Served: 1,421 square miles
Population: 50,000

Impact
NCTC partnered with the Warren Rural Electric Cooperative Corp. to connect more than 17,000 unserved residents in five Kentucky counties.

Healthcare
Following a 2008 tornado that killed 14 people and destroyed 231 homes, the company undertook comprehensive broadband commitments and now serves Macon County General Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital, and has reduced certain diagnostic protocols involving CT scans and x-rays from a length of days to a span of minutes. 

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Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company

Jackson, NE
Area Served: 2,364 square miles
Population: 21,601

Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company configured a trailer to serve as a giant Wi-Fi router during the Pink Bandana Mud Volleyball Tournament, helping organizers increase engagement and raise awareness to aid women under 40 battling breast cancer.
 

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Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Guymon, OK
Area Served: 9,430 square miles
Population: 45,780

Impact
PTCI worked with the Oklahoma Scholastic Esports League to host an esports scrimmage, which led to PTCI's inaugural Gigaverse esports tournament.

Social Services
Supports not-for-profit, community-based charitable organization that assists clients with mental health therapy and foster child placement. PTCI network capabilities enable rapid transfer of data across great distances to speed the settlement of children in new homes.

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