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   4 <title>Service Provider Trade Association Comparison</title>
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   9   <h6>Trade group comparison</h6>
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  17   <tr>
  18     <td></td>
  19     <td><a href="http://afmug.com/">AFMUG</a></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/">NTCA</a></td>
  24   </tr>
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  26   <tr>
  27     <th>Formal organization</th>
  28     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
  29     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  30     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  31     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  32     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  33   </tr>
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  36     <th>Conference / trade show</th>
  37     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span> (last one in 2015)</td>
  38     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  39     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  40     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  41     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  42   </tr>
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  44   <tr>
  45     <th>Mailing list(s)</th>
  46     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  47     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  48     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  49     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
  50     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
  51   </tr>
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  53   <tr>
  54     <th>Average member size</th>
  55     <td>Tiny</td>
  56     <td>Small</td>
  57     <td>Medium</td>
  58     <td>Large</td>
  59     <td>Large</td>
  60   </tr>
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  62   <tr>
  63     <th>Member description</th>
  64     <td>WISPs</td>
  65     <td>WISPs</td>
  66     <td>ISPs and small CLECs</td>
  67     <td>CLECs</td>
  68     <td>Rural ILECs</td>
  69   </tr>
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  71
  72   <tr>
  73     <th>Association size</th>
  74     <td>Small</td>
  75     <td>Large</td>
  76     <td>Small</td>
  77     <td>Medium</td>
  78     <td>Medium</td>
  79   </tr>
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  81   <tr>
  82     <th>Executive Director</th>
  83     <td>-</td>
  84     <td>none :(</td>
  85     <td>Jim Hollis</td>
  86     <td>Chip Pickering</td>
  87     <td>Shirley Bloomfield</td>
  88   </tr>
  89
  90   <tr>
  91     <th>WISP</th>
  92     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  93     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
  94     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
  95     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
  96     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
  97   </tr>
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  99   <tr>
 100     <th>Fiber</th>
 101     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 102     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 103     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 104     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 105     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 106   </tr>
 107
 108   <tr>
 109     <th>Telco</th>
 110     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 111     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 112     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 113     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 114     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 115   </tr>
 116
 117   <tr>
 118     <th>Lobbying/PAC</th>
 119     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 120     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 121     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 122     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 123     <td><span class="yes">&#x2714;</span></td>
 124   </tr>
 125
 126   <tr>
 127     <th>HR services (employee health/savings plans)</th>
 128     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 129     <td><span class="no">&#x2716;</span></td>
 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   </tr>
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