The Business of Broadband

Guest Feature: Researching Your Buyer Persona

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creating-buyer-personaAs broadband providers, you’re aware that your customers  are constantly bombarded with demands for their attention, from social media to email and text messages and even from other broadband competitors. It’s becoming increasingly difficult for your marketers to push their message through the noise. So what’s the solution? Make your customers come to you.

In order to do this, you need to create something your customers already want and are actively searching for. ...

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A la Carte Cable TV: Can You Have It Your Way?

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a-la-carte-cable-TVRemember the old fast food jingle, “Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce. Special orders don’t upset us?”  The catchy tune was Burger King’s way of pointing out that their competitors, primarily McDonalds and Wendy’s, only served burgers one way and that’s what you got when you ordered. No exceptions. Don’t want sauce on your Big Mac? Order something else. To be fair, that’s changed these days, and if you don’t want fries ...

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4 Good Employee Attributes

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good-employee-attributesCompanies are constantly looking for employees that can positively lead others and greatly contribute to daily operations. Of course, this is not always an easy task as I’ve encountered many growing pains as a manager in customer care. I think that for certain positions, companies are focusing on degreed employees, but even with this requirement, if those degreed employees don’t possess good employee attributes –  namely passion, attitude, work ethics, and loyalty ...

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Ask a Broadband Expert – What are DOCSIS Codeword Errors?

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Ask a Broadband Expert - Docsis Codeword Errors

Broadband Experts Answer Provider’s Questions in New Monthly Blog Feature

Codeword Errors White Paper DownloadIt’s not always easy to find the answers to your broadband management questions, and you don’t have the time to spend online sorting through thousands of websites looking for answers. So we’re offering the opportunity for you to ask your broadband questions directly ...

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What’s the Key to Quality Customer Service?

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key-to-quality-customer-service If you’ve ever worked in a call center, think about how many times customers, who have little to no knowledge on anything technology-related, have called in and demanded that a customer service professional (CSR) quickly fix their problem. As a CSR, you just hope the customers are able to follow directions as you guide them through clicking fifty options on their computer. In these instances, you quickly find out the key to quality ...

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Affiliate Broadband Spotlight: Sweetwater Cable TV

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Cable, Cowboys and Customer Service

sweetwaterOne of ZCorum’s oldest customers, Sweetwater Cable TV, was founded in 1956 in an effort to bring a more reliable community-based antennae system to the Rock Springs area. Today, they provide cable TV, digital phone, and high speed internet services in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. We had a chance to visit and chat with Marty Carollo, Network Manager at the company, for our featured Affiliate Broadband ...

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7 Steps to Successful Broadband Usage Enforcement

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usage-limit2Broadband providers are facing the reality that they can no longer offer all-you-can-eat bandwidth to all their subscribers.  Those days are gone. More of us are using more of our broadband connection. We’re watching more video on more devices. Some folks have dropped their traditional Pay TV and others are seriously considering doing the same–cutting the cord in favor of over-the-top (OTT) TV.

Some pioneers who tried implementing broadband usage enforcement limits and ...

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Round 2: CISPA Cybersecurity Bill Moves Past the House

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The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, widely known as the CISPA cybersecurity bill, made progress in its bid for adoption by making it past the House of Representatives for the second time.  The ending tally for the bill stood at a vote of 287-127.  CISPA is now headed to the Senate, who in the past, has declined the bill citing that the security measures were not enough to protect the privacy of those involved.

 

Reactions around the web were mixed ...

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Holographic Messaging: Texting of the Future?

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holographic-messagingReports have been popping up on the web lately informing us that texting is now the most popular way to stay in contact.  No big surprise, right?   However, the report goes on to state that 90% of those aged 16 to 24 said they would rather text than talk on the phone, and 63% of those surveyed would rather text than talk face to face. The report also ...

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Strode Testifies at Rural Communications Senate Hearing

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Recently, the Senate Communications Subcommittee met with rural telecom and cable operators to discuss the challenges and barriers that they face providing service to rural consumers.  The goal of the committee is to “bridge the digital” divide so that broadband is an impactful force in rural communities similarly as in larger, more urban areas.  ZCorum Affiliate, Ritter Communications, Inc., was invited to testify and was represented by Vice President – External Affairs, John Strode.  With extensive history ...

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