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<title>Service Provider Trade Association Comparison</title>
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<h6>Trade group comparison</h6>
<table width="98%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tblprod">
<tr><td align="center" valign="top">
<table width="100%" class="comparison" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://afmug.com/">AFMUG</a></td>
<td><a href="http://wispa.org/"><img src="http://www.wispa.org/Portals/37/Images/Logos/wispa-logo.png?ver=2015-02-27-084824-570" alt="WISPA" width=128></a></td>
<td><a href="http://fispa.org/"><img src="http://www.fispa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Fispa_final.png" alt="FISPA" width=128></a></td>
<td><a href="http://incompas.org/"><img src="http://www.incompas.org/images/theme/logo-new.png" alt="Incompas" width=128></td>
<td><a href="http://ntca.org/">NTCA</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Formal organization</th>
<td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Conference / trade show</th>
<td><span class="no">✖</span> (last one in 2015)</td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Mailing list(s)</th>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
<td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Average member size</th>
<td>Tiny</td>
<td>Small</td>
<td>Medium</td>
<td>Large</td>
<td>Large</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Member description</th>
<td>WISPs</td>
<td>WISPs</td>
<td>ISPs and small CLECs</td>
<td>CLECs</td>
<td>Rural ILECs</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Association size</th>
<td>Small</td>
<td>Large</td>
<td>Small</td>
<td>Medium</td>
<td>Medium</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Executive Director</th>
<td>-</td>
<td>none :(</td>
<td>Jim Hollis</td>
<td>Chip Pickering</td>
<td>Shirley Bloomfield</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>WISP</th>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
<td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
<td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Fiber</th>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Telco</th>
<td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
<td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Lobbying/PAC</th>
<td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>HR services (employee health/savings plans)</th>
<td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
<td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
<td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
<td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
<td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
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