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A Message to Our Customers
After Congress sent proposed legislation to President Trump that wipes away the limit of how Internet providers use and sell customer data, Federal officials have now approved that Internet providers can sell your Internet history, app usage, mobile location data, financial information and email content/messages. Today, more and more consumers are spending their time on the Web.…
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Case Study: Mojave Air and Spaceport
In today’s connected world, reliable, high-speed Internet is an absolute necessity, and that is the core mission at Race Communications – to bring reliable, affordable connectivity to homes and businesses. About Race At Race, our ever-expanding fiber footprint has not only provided 12,000 homes across California with high-speed Internet but to our business and enterprise…
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Welcome to the club Magenta zone!
Magenta Zone, your Internet just got better! Say goodbye to your copper wiring and hello to your new faster fiber optics connection. If you thought fiber optic Internet only existed in your dreams, think again. From the moment we announced we were coming to the town nestled two hours from the “big city” of Los…
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The Anatomy of Your Race Order: What Should You Expect?
You’ve filled out your Race inquiry form and we’ve been keeping you in the loop about any updates. Now, your order form is ready and you’ve selected your desired Race services and placed an order with us. So, what happens now? Every community is different, but here are some general guidelines that we follow. 1.…
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Say Goodbye to traditional copper. Hellooo Fiber!
With everyone uploading and downloading, posting to their favorite social media sites and streaming their favorite shows, it’s become so hard to imagine a life without Internet. But for many, that’s is still the reality. Nationally, up to 40 percent of households do not have an Internet connection. Today, most homes still utilize copper wiring which plays a major part…
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Step 1 – How we obtain CASF grants.
“The CPUC develops and implements policies for the telecommunications industry, to include ensuring fair, affordable universal access to necessary services; developing clear rules of the game and regulatory tools to allow flexibility without compromising due process; removing barriers that prevent a fully competitive market; and reducing or eliminating burdensome regulation.” –California Public Utilities Commission In…
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Start to Finish – a brief overview of our process
Bringing our services to a community is a resource intensive project that requires careful research and planning. From start to finish there are 4 main phases to our process, each with its own sub-steps and processes. 1. Research and Exploration. We spend a lot of time in this phase, developing a construction plan for the…
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RACE welcomes BVS into the fiber family!
Race is a licensed telecommunications company that provides fiber based internet, phone, and television services to various communities across California. Predominantly, we work to provide our services to areas of California that are currently unserved or underserved. As such, we are in the process of completing construction and beginning our release of Bear Valley Springs. On…
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RACE Communications expanding to Oak Knolls, Alpine Forest, Cummings Valley, Brite Lake and Fairview Ranches.
While the weather forecast predicted rain, wind and gloominess, RACE got lucky and was greeted with calm breeze and partly sunny skies as well as a large turnout from the local community when they hosted their first informational meeting for the outlying communities of Tehachapi. On October 15th, CEO Raul Alcaraz and other team members…
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CEO Raul Alcaraz to participate at 3rd annual Stanford Latino Entrepreneur Leaders Program
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The Latino Business Action Network (LBAN) has selected 77 Latino entrepreneurs from across the United States to be a part of the third cohort of the Stanford Latino Entrepreneur Leaders Program (SLELP3). SLELP3 is a six-week program jointly developed by Stanford faculty and LBAN. Its focus is…
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