Is the Old New Again? Telecommunications Life Cycle Raymond Henagan CEO/Manager Rock Port Telephone Company.

Is the Old New Again? Telecommunications

Life Cycle

Raymond HenaganCEO/Manager

Rock Port Telephone Company

187 Sq. Miles of Service Area

Rock Port Telephone Company

Statistical Data

2010

Shareholders 1103High Speed Internet 1256Internet Dial Up 58Access Lines 1583Cable TV 1357Data Customers 384

Rock Port Telephone Company

Men with a Vision

In the Beginning…

In 1906, Rock Port Mutual was Not Just a Telephone CompanyProvided: Call Waiting Caller ID Call Forwarding Message Services E911 “Other Services”

Step Offices

Digital Beginnings

Today: Broadband

Making it fit…

Billing Alliances

Our Products and Services Disaster Recovery Solutions Virtual Server Solutions Application Service Provider Managed Security Solutions ISP Management Network Design and Deployment Computer Sales and Service Application Development Mobile Device Service Digital Advertising

What We Learned

Build a flexible scalable network Find good partners Meet customer demands Ask for help if you need it Add value

What We See Coming No clear line between Telco and IT

Services Content is King Value of the Network The continued emergence of the instant

delivery mobile generation All services delivered from the cloud More desire for “green” Smart grid management

Questions??