Save Rural Broadband Campaign

Thank you to the many members of NTCA, OPASTCO and WTA who have contributed to this critical campaign to save rural broadband. The following materials can be used by telcos to communicate with consumers and help raise the visibility of the campaign in your local communities. Members of Congress will see items in your local papers as well. Please consider placing an Op-Ed or an ad in the local paper. If you have any questions or need assistance with the materials, please contact Wendy Mann at 703-351-2087 or wmann@ntca.org or Jonah Arellano at 703-351-2037 or jarellano@ntca.org

Op-Ed Framework - Saving Rural Broadband Use this framework to create an op/ed to place in your local newspapers bylined by your telco manager or board presdient. Instructions follow the issue points.	Rural Broadband: Essential to Prosperity. Vital to America This is an article that explains the issue to customers. Please use this in your customer newsletters and/or on your website.
Save Rural Broadband August Recess Op-Ed A generic Op-Ed explaining the issue has been written for your use. You may customize it for your community or send it, as is. The goal of the Op-Ed is to mobilize your customers and community public opinion leaders to get involved. Your fellow telco executives have successfully placed Op-Eds in Des Moines, Mason City, Wichita, Topeka and Garden City.	Save Rural Broadband August Recess PowerPoint presentation Organize opportunities to show the Save Rural Broadband PowerPoint presentation to your employees, community public opinion leaders, editorial boards, economic development stakeholders, chambers of commerce, and any members of Congress you visit with during the recess.
Right-click on the video image to save the video to your computer. Videos are in Windows Media Format (wmv).
A Message From Senator Dorgan This is a video message from Senator Dorgan about the issue. Please download this to play on your local channel, post on your website and YouTube and Facebook pages.	15-second Public Service Announcement Download and run the 15-second Save Rural Broadband public service announcement (PSA) taped by former Sen. Byron Dorgan on your company's cable or IPTV system. Repetition is necessary to help the message sink in and create public awareness.
30-second Public Service Announcement Download and run the 30-second Save Rural Broadband public service announcement (PSA) taped by former Sen. Byron Dorgan on your company's cable or IPTV system. Repetition is necessary to help the message sink in and create public awareness.	60-second Public Service Announcement Download and run the 60-second Save Rural Broadband public service announcement (PSA) taped by former Sen. Byron Dorgan on your company's cable or IPTV system. Repetition is necessary to help the message sink in and create public awareness.
Save Rural Broadband - California Learn how people in Amador County, Calif. rely on broadband services everyday for their businesses. The video features Volcano Communications Group in Pinegrove, Calif. This video is available on the Save Rural Broadband YouTube channel. Use the YouTube embed code to post the video on your website and blog, and share it on Facebook and Twitter. To run the video on your company's cable or IPTV system, download the file here.	Montana Watch how 22 communities throughout Western Montana critically rely on broadband access to run their schools, businesses and hospitals. This video features Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative Mandeville in Missoula, Mont., and is available on the Save Rural Broadband YouTube channel. Use the YouTube embed code to post the video on your website and blog, and share it on Facebook and Twitter. To run the video on your company's cable or IPTV system, download the file here..
Save Rural Broadband - Rural Texas Hear the stories of businesses and organizations in rural Texas that rely on high-speed broadband access to meet their responsibilities. The video features Valley Telephone Cooperative, VTX Telecom and CEO and General Manager Dave "Super Dave" Osborn. This video is available on the Save Rural Broadband YouTube channel. Use the YouTube embed code to post the video on your website and blog, and share it on Facebook and Twitter. To run the video on your company's cable or IPTV system, download the file here.
*How to use the graphics:* Download the Save Rural Broadband campaign graphics: Click on an image to view full-sized graphic. Then right-click to save to your computer. Download all graphics in a zip file (ZIP 6.93 MB) Save the campaign graphics that you want to appear on your website on your web server. Please do not copy the image URL of the campaign graphics from the NTCA website to post on your website. When posting the graphics onto your website, be sure to link the campaign graphics to www.saveruralbroadband.org. Right-click on the banner image to save it to your computer. Banners are in JPG format.
This is our campaign slogan with the web address of our campaign site. Please use this in your customer news- letters, on your website, blogs and in any materials that you distribute in your community.	This is our campaign slogan with the web address of our campaign site. Please use this in your customer news- letters, on your website and in any materials that you distribute in your community.
This is a banner ad to be used on your website.	This is a black and white version of our slogan.
This is a banner ad to be used on your website.	This is a button to use on your website and blogs to link to our campaign website. You may also use this as your profile picture on your Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. Using it as a profile picture will allow it to be your profile icon each time you post and interact on social media sites so that the campaign gets more social media visibility.
This is an ad. Please use on your website, blogs and in customer newsletters to encourage customers to send a letter.
This is a full page print ad. Please place this in your local newspapers.	This is an ad that can be used on your website and in customer newsletters to encourage customers to send a letter. You may also use this on Facebook.