As we wrap up 2011, Rebecca Stone shares her picks for 2011's top 5 photos from the field, including the popular "snake in a C7", Calix's international debut and a state senator's pose in front of racks of Calix equipment. For all five photos, be sure to read  the full post.

See how California-based service provider Sebastian brought broadband services to the off-the-grid town of Iowa Hill in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in this 2011 Calix Innovation Award video.

Tom Cohen is back with an update on the Connect America Fund and a spate of recently filed lawsuits that may or may not shape the way the rules are implemented. What does is all mean for service providers? Read the blog post for more...

This week's photos come from South Dakota, where last month, Midstate Communications hosted a charity CAP hunt benefiting children in their community.

The USDA's Rural Development Service hosted a webinar yesterday on potential opportunities for business growth as a result of rural broadband investment. This webinar focused on some ideas for how to drive business investment in communities served by high-speed broadband. The blog post features a summary of, and slides from, the webinar.

In this Calix Innovation Award video, Reservation Telephone provides a look into the rapidly changing landscape of Western North Dakota, thanks to an oil boom, and one of the ways its fiber network is keeping this booming economy safe and successful.

Today's photos from the field were taken at the Palmetto Engineering annual showcase last week. Check out the pictures in the full post.

Teresa Mastrangelo, Founder, Principal Analyst and Director of Research at Broadbandtrends, LLC  responds to a recent New York Times Op-Ed on the New Digital Divide.

How can a fiber-based network impact the local community? With fiber-fed cell tower sites, county offices and local schools, Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative exemplifies how high-speed networks impact the lives of nearly every resident in a rural community. 

This week's photos from the field give us a glimpse in to the Montana Telecom Association's annual showcase and puts Rebecca Stone in the holiday mood.

Juan Vela takes a look at the recent Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ruling regulating wholesale bandwidth practices and the potential lessons for U.S. service providers.