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Articles in March, 2002 issue of Rural Telecommunications

• What's in a name?
• Pizza to go
• Wireless versus wireline
• Homebuyers seek 'wired' houses
• The buddy system
• Another day dawns in Washington
  by Shirley Bloomfield
• In today's competitive environment, what does it take to keep customers happy?
  by Donna Taylor
• Senator Max Baucus: Making a difference in rural America
  by Aaryn Slafky
• The exchange game: Overbuilding versus acquisition
  by David Bolton
• Surviving the business cycle: Keeping the batteries charged
  by Rick Schadelbauer
• A case study: Central Texas Communications takes on LMDS
  by Athena Platis
• Customer care: Keeping the competition at bay
  by Kevin Kutcher
• NTCA 2002 Annual Meeting & Expo: Strength in unity
  by Shary Denes
• Expo '02 Internet portals showcase community-based solutions
  by David Lowe
• The state of the association: Following is the state of the association speech given by executive vice president Michael E. Brunner at NTCA's 48th Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif
• Associate member lifetime achievement award: Conley Cathey, CHR Solutions, Dallas, Texas
• Heroism award: Troy Maas, Consolidated Telcom, Dickinson, N.D
• Key employee: Rhonda Dukart, Consolidated Telcom, Dickinson, N.D
• Best Subscriber Communications Program: John Hoffmann, Gervais Telephone Co., Gervais, Ore
• Marketing achievement: Brian Bissonette, Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Cooperative, Bemidji, Minn
• Management achievement: F. Thomas Rowland, North Central Telephone Cooperative, Lafayette, Tenn
• Director life achievement: Richard T. Hoge, Pembroke Telephone Cooperative, Pembroke, Va
• Manager, life achievement: Clyde E. Eskridge, Mid Century Telephone Co-operative, Canton, Ill
• Amendments & Resolutions
• Sully Buttes rises to occasion for vice president's visit: The White House called us up and wanted to know if we could put high-speed lines in the pheasant-hunting lodge that Cheney would be staying at
  by Tennille Jenkins
• New rules: Government as telecom competitor: Government-based competitors are an unlikely panacea to cure the nation's so-called digital divide
  by Alexia D. Bowie
• Shaping a better telecom tomorrow
  by Michael E. Brunner