Where Should We Organize Our Cooperative?
One of the initial questions for a group forming a cooperative in Georgia is whether the cooperative should be legally organized in Georgia or in… Read More »Where Should We Organize Our Cooperative?
One of the initial questions for a group forming a cooperative in Georgia is whether the cooperative should be legally organized in Georgia or in… Read More »Where Should We Organize Our Cooperative?
Cooperatives provide high-speed broadband services in metropolitan and rural areas throughout the country. So they should pay attention to the Federal Communications Commission’s recent action… Read More »Cooperatives Should Review the FCC’s New Order Concerning Net Neutrality
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced this month the recipients of over $200 million in loans and grants to bring broadband to hundreds… Read More »Rural broadband providers benefit from USDA Community Connect grants and loans
As more and more cooperatives provide fiber internet to their members and customers, it may be helpful to review fiber-installation contracts with third-party installers. Attorney… Read More »Fiber-Installation Contracts
The following article is reprinted from CFC Solutions News Bulletin (17 January 2018, Volume 19, Number 2). With more electric cooperatives looking into providing broadband… Read More »Lender Discusses Differences Between Broadband and Electric Service
Most Americans have multiple high-speed wireless choices when it comes to Internet access but many residents living in the less-populated, more rural parts still have… Read More »Utility coops partner to bring members ‘up to speed’ with broadband access
By Richard R Oswald Once upon a time, telegraphs and kerosene lamps were state of the art. Telephones and 110-volt wall outlets were the next… Read More »The Cooperative Model Offers the Perfect Vehicle for Rural Broadband
Attorney David Cook will be presenting a “Tax Update for Cooperatives” at the NTCA 2015 Finance & Accounting Conference. Click here for more details. NTCA… Read More »Telephone Cooperative Tax Update Presented by David Cook
Dave Osborn, CEO of Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc., explains why lawmakers need to update the USF to account for the services of rural telcoms. Read… Read More »Rural Telecom Coops Request Lawmakers to Update USF
To view this AHC Cooperative Tax Brief as a PDF, click here. The IRS has rejected an organization’s application for exemption under Section 501(c)(12), even… Read More »Cooperative Tax Brief: Federated Telecommunications Cooperative Denied Exemption