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Two Dogs and a Blog: Boothbay Pet Outfitters Bits, Bytes, and Barks

Two Dogs and a Blog: Boothbay Pet Outfitters Bits, Bytes, and Barks

by Alexis Schrubbe | Jan 19, 2021 | Broadband and Rural Entrepreneurship

Two Salty Dogs Pet Outfitters may be tucked away in a corner of Maine’s Boothbay Harbor, but the 500 sq. ft shop occupies a much larger footprint in cyberspace by design. Don Kingsbury, who runs the business together with his wife, Liana, shared the story of their...
Downeast Broadband Utility: Citizen-Powered Fiber Optic Internet Comes to Rural Maine

Downeast Broadband Utility: Citizen-Powered Fiber Optic Internet Comes to Rural Maine

by Alexis Schrubbe | Oct 8, 2020 | Broadband and Rural Entrepreneurship

In 2017, our research team visited Calais, ME for the Maine State Library Hotspot Lending Assessment project. Calais, Maine is a small city situated on the St. Croix river bordering the Canadian town of St. Stephen, New Brunswick. In the morning rush hour and after...
Redundancy is the Key to Stability – The Bling Box Boutique in Cameron, TX

Redundancy is the Key to Stability – The Bling Box Boutique in Cameron, TX

by Alexis Schrubbe | Jul 30, 2020 | Broadband and Rural Entrepreneurship

The Bling Box Boutique began as an experiment by Jeremy and Courtney Renaud eleven years ago. In a recent interview with the TIPI research team, Jeremy explained that the idea to start a business was sparked when someone asked Courtney, “Hey, where did you get that...
Broadband: “The Backbone of Communication”

Broadband: “The Backbone of Communication”

by TIPI Staff | Sep 18, 2018 | Broadband and Rural Entrepreneurship, Primers and Guides, Publications & Reports

The term ‘broadband’ refers to an advanced telecommunication service that developed from a need for greater amounts of information to be transmitted across the Internet. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) defines broadband in terms of speed. The...
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