{"id":2575,"date":"2017-03-20T18:36:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T18:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tenntel.org\/?p=2575"},"modified":"2020-05-19T16:36:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T20:36:31","slug":"tta-publishes-brochure-outlining-impact-of-rural-broadband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/2017\/03\/tta-publishes-brochure-outlining-impact-of-rural-broadband\/","title":{"rendered":"TTA Publishes Brochure Outlining Impact of Rural Broadband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to cohesively tell the story of how TTA members are making a difference in the state, the Tennessee Telecommunications Association has published a new brochure. The document outlines the impact TTA members collectively have on the state\u2019s economy along with stories showing how rural broadband improves the quality of life for Tennesseans.<\/p>\n<p>The TTA, according to the brochure, is \u201ccomprised of independent and cooperatively owned companies that deliver critical services to almost 30 percent of the state.\u201d Economic highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TTA members have $386,861,464 in combined revenue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">902 people are employed locally by TTA member companies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">352,878 total homes and businesses in Tennessee have access to telecom services through TTA members.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TTA members serve 13,330 square miles of the state.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The brochure features stories of Tennessee residents who are benefiting from broadband service in the areas of business, education, community and health care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis brochure is packed with information about the many ways our members are making life better for Tennesseans, particularly those in the rural regions of our state,\u201d says TTA Executive Director Levoy Knowles.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To order copies of the printed publication, contact Knowles at <a href=\"mailto:lknowles@tmsvcs.com\">lknowles@tmsvcs.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To download a PDF of the brochure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017TTA_Legislative_Brochure-2.pdf\">click here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to cohesively tell the story of how TTA members are making a difference in the state, the Tennessee Telecommunications Association has published a new brochure. The document outlines the impact TTA members collectively have on the state\u2019s economy along with stories showing how rural broadband improves the quality of life for Tennesseans&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}