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   9   <h6>Independent ISP Trade Group Comparison</h6>
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  18     <td></td>
  19     <td><a href="http://afmug.com/"><img src="http://www.afmug.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/AF.png" style="background-color:#666666" alt="Animal Farm" width=128></a><BR><H6>"AFMUG"</H6></td>
  20     <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>
  21     <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>
  22     <td><a href="http://incompas.org/"><img src="http://www.incompas.org/images/theme/logo-new.png" alt="Incompas" width=128></td>
  23     <td><a href="http://ntca.org/"><img src="http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnfull/20130910/DC77128LOGO" alt="NTCA" width=128></a></td>
  24     <td><a href="http://americancable.org/"><img src="https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/shrink_200_200/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAJLAAAAJDQyYWNjNTBkLTBjZDMtNGY2MC04NGQ5LWUyYmI1OTIyNjBjMg.png" alt="ACA" width=128></a></td>
  25     <td><a href="http://ccamobile.org/"><img src="https://ccamobile.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CCALogo_White_200x100.png" style="background-color:#666666" alt="CCA" width=128></a></td>
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  29     <th>Formal organization</th>
  30     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
  31     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  32     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  33     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  34     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  35     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  36     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
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  40     <th>Conference / trade show</th>
  41     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span> (last one in 2015)</td>
  42     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  43     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  44     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  45     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  46     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  47     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  48   </tr>
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  50   <tr>
  51     <th>Mailing list(s)</th>
  52     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  53     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  54     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  55     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
  56     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
  57     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
  58     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
  59   </tr>
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  61   <tr>
  62     <th>Average member size</th>
  63     <td>Tiny</td>
  64     <td>Small</td>
  65     <td>Medium</td>
  66     <td>Large</td>
  67     <td>Large</td>
  68     <td>Large</td>
  69     <td>Large</td>
  70   </tr>
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  72   <tr>
  73     <th>Member description</th>
  74     <td>WISPs</td>
  75     <td>WISPs</td>
  76     <td>ISPs and small CLECs</td>
  77     <td>CLECs</td>
  78     <td>Rural ILECs</td>
  79     <td>Small/medium<BR>cable operators</td>
  80     <td>Small/medium<BR>cellular operators</td>
  81   </tr>
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  84   <tr>
  85     <th>Association size</th>
  86     <td>Small</td>
  87     <td>Large</td>
  88     <td>Small</td>
  89     <td>Medium</td>
  90     <td>Medium</td>
  91     <td>Medium</td>
  92     <td>Small</td>
  93   </tr>
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  95   <tr>
  96     <th>Executive Director / CEO</th>
  97     <td>BDFL Chuck McCown</td>
  98     <td>(new) Claude Aiken</td>
  99     <td>(new) Betty Burke (was: Jim Hollis)</td>
 100     <td>Chip Pickering</td>
 101     <td>Shirley Bloomfield</td>
 102     <td>Matthew M. Polka</td>
 103     <td>Steven K. Berry</td>
 104   </tr>
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 106   <tr>
 107     <th>WISP</th>
 108     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 109     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 110     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 111     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 112     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 113     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 114     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 115   </tr>
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 117   <tr>
 118     <th>Fiber</th>
 119     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 120     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 121     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 122     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 123     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 124     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 125     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 126   </tr>
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 129     <th>Telco</th>
 130     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 131     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 132     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 133     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 134     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 135     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 136     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 137   </tr>
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 139   <tr>
 140     <th>Lobbying/PAC</th>
 141     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 142     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 143     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 144     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 145     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 146     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 147     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 148   </tr>
 149
 150   <tr>
 151     <th>DSL/cable reseller program</th>
 152     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 153     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 154     <td><span class="maybe">(ending)</span></td>
 155     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 156     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 157     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 158     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 159   </tr>
 160
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 162     <th>HR services (employee health/savings plans)</th>
 163     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 164     <td><span class="maybe">(starting)</span></td>
 165     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 166     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 167     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 168     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 169     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 170   </tr>
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