In this episode, we speak with Claude Aiken, the President and CEO at the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA). Mr. Aiken shares with us WISPA's mission to help independent internet service providers bring better broadband services to their communities. We talk about the impact on rural communities, how WISPs can leverage the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOP), how WISPs get started and WISPA's role in policy.

More about WISPA: https://www.wispa.org/

WISPA is THE voice of the fixed wireless broadband industry representing entrepreneurs and innovators who deploy fixed wireless technologies to provide fast, affordable broadband internet service in their communities. WISPA members are local companies that provide their communities with broadband service, oftentimes with their first broadband connection or effective broadband competition.

WISPAs members are composed of fixed Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) and the industry that supports fixed wireless broadband including equipment suppliers, support services, and other components needed to run a successful business. Our members, and WISPs, in general, provide broadband access to over 4 million residential and business customers, often in exclusively rural areas.