Host and this week on the communicators we welcome back the president and ceo of the American Cable Association, matt polka. Mr. Polka, what is the American Cable Association . Guest thanks, peter. Nice to be here again. Nice to be here with you, lynn, as well. The American Cable Association is unique in the fact that we represent many smaller Cable Operators across the country, and everyone always asks me, are there still small Cable Operators left . In fact, there are nearly 900 of them in every corner you can imagine, rural areas, small towns. Many of them are providing Competitive Services even against some of the largest providers today. And whats great about these smaller companies, its a terrific story because theyre providing broadband, highspeed broadband in rural areas that desperately need Broadband Service. So these are the members we represent. Theyre smaller, theyre independent which means that theyre not affiliated with larger content companies or larger providers, and w
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A look at whats coming up. On this scene for the first time women are playing an Important Role at the volvo ocean race. At the coast we visit a converted fishermans hut in scotland. And under the water for i refer summary good luck to get up close and personal with sharks. We start off with one of the toughest sailing regattas in the world the volvo ocean race since one thousand nine hundred eighty three the most experienced sailors have taken to the high seas for a true test of endurance and they are about to do it again the race to start this weekend in the continent in spain and the regatta will take the teams forty five thousand nautical miles around the world across four oceans and the most notable aspect of this edition is that women are taking a leading role now we talk to some of the female crew ahead of the race. Racing across the sea at breakneck speeds. Even in training the volvo ocean race is teams take things to the limit. Among the sailors battling to shave off seconds i