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NGN Welcomes Lindsey Dyches to the Market & Member Services Department
NGN is happy to announce that Lindsey Dyches has joined the Market & Member Services department as a Marketing Assistant. In this role, Lindsey will work with the Marketing team on NGN and NGN Connect’s traditional, digital and social media marketing, outreach campaigns and public relations efforts. […]
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NGN by the Numbers: We’ve come a long way in 10 years!
This year, NGN is celebrating its 10-year anniversary! That’s right, it has been a decade since community leaders and anchor institutions from Lumpkin, White, Union and Forsyth Counties and our EMC Members came together to build high-speed infrastructure across North Georgia and improve the region’s […]
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The Business Case for Rural Broadband: Elevating Rural Communities with Global Business Opportunities
There’s no shortage of ways that broadband helps to transform rural communities: strengthening anchor institutions, increasing educational opportunities, boosting healthcare options, even encouraging civic engagement.[1] Here, we will examine one vehicle through which high-speed internet can help to elevate entire towns, cities and regions thanks […]
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NGN Hosts HEMC Lineman Appreciation Breakfast
Yesterday NGN hosted a breakfast event at Habersham EMC to honor and show the company’s appreciation for HEMC Linemen and Right-of-Way Staff. A biscuit breakfast was served and NGN provided each lineman with a small thank-you gift. HEMC’s Vice President of Operations, Ricky Bates, welcomed the […]
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Top 10 Ways to Promote Your Georgia Gigabit Community
Your community’s gigabit connectivity can open doors to economic growth by providing local businesses with the tools to compete on a global basis, while attracting new tech-savvy companies that require high-speed broadband. Local residents also benefit with access to improved healthcare via telemedicine and new […]
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NGN & Member Employees Complete Customer Service Training
Twenty-nine employees from NGN, Blue Ridge Mountain EMC and Habersham EMC recently completed a Customer Service training program coordinated by NGN and facilitated by Bud Dark of Start Performance. The employees represented a variety of departments from across the three companies, including technical support, network […]
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Congressman Doug Collins Visits NGN, Discusses Rural Broadband and Distance Learning
NGN recently had the opportunity to discuss a few of our favorite topics: rural broadband, distance learning and the doors that high-speed internet is opening for local communities, with some very special guests. Representative Doug Collins and his Deputy Chief of Staff, Joel Katz, visited […]
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The Need for Disaster Recovery in the Healthcare and Finance Industries
Imagine hearing from your healthcare provider that your important files, perhaps recent X-rays or even your entire health history record, have been lost or are temporarily irretrievable when you need care. Would the experience make you consider bringing your business elsewhere? What if you needed […]
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North Georgia Network to Be Known as “NGN” as Interest Grows to “Live Rural” and “Work Global”
Since our establishment in 2009, the North Georgia Network has empowered our region to “live rural” and “work global” with high speed connectivity that rivals that found in large metropolitan areas. In recent years, we’ve received an astounding level of interest to expand our services […]
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Fiber Optic Networks Support a New Level of Healthcare with Telemedicine
Amazing opportunities to provide a higher level of patient care have been made in the healthcare industry in the last few decades due to advances in modern technology. Notably, high-speed broadband networks have facilitated the growth of a new segment within the industry: telemedicine. Historically […]
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