About RT
Rural Telecom is published by NTCA six times a year. A subscription to the print edition of Rural Telecom includes six issue of the Exchange newsletter, and permits full access to all 
content on www.ruraltelecom.org. To order, or for questions about a current subscription, e-mail publications@ntca.org.
Phone: 703-351-2000
Fax: 703-351-2001
E-mail: publications@ntca.org
Web site: www.ntca.org
- Publisher: National Telecommunications Cooperative Association
- Chief Executive Officer: Shirley Bloomfield
- Director of Communications: Wendy Mann
- Managing Editor: Christian Hamaker
- Senior Writer/Editor: Tennille Shields
- Online Contributors: Wendy Mann, Christian Hamaker, Tennille Shields
- Advertising: Lisa Freedman
- Webmaster: Shawn Sample
- Graphic Design by Ferro+Ferro Graphic Communication, Arlington, Va.
- Printed by Colorcraft, Sterling, Va.
Rural Telecom, established in 1981, is the bimonthly magazine published by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA), a nonprofit, 
cooperative corporation formed in 1954 under the laws of the District of Columbia.
NTCA's Mission: The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association, an association of small, rural, community-based communications providers, is dedicated to improving the quality of life in rural communities through the advocacy of broadband and other advanced communications infrastructure and services.
NTCA's Members include over 570 small and rural locally owned and operated telephone cooperatives and commercial companies in the United States and abroad, as well as state and regional telephone associations and companies that are the suppliers of products and services to the small and rural telephone industry. Our readers are the managers, directors, attorneys and key employees of these telephone companies as well as consultants, government officials and telecommunications experts.
The Editorial Purpose of Rural Telecom is threefold: to inform readers of public policy issues affecting the industry; to provide insight on developing businesses and technology; and to share expertise on management, marketing and customer service.
Invitation to Contributors: Please e-mail (publications@ntca.org) or fax (703-351-2088) an outline of a proposed article to the managing editor. All articles should be prepared according to our writer's guidelines, available on NTCA's Web site.
Statements of Opinion and Fact are the individual views of the authors and not necessarily the positions of NTCA, its officers, directors, members or staff.