{"id":8027,"date":"2015-02-27T16:11:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T00:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opalco.com\/?post_type=news_article&#038;p=8027"},"modified":"2015-12-15T18:27:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T18:27:17","slug":"rock-island-communications-por-que-tiene-sentido-para-opalco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opalco.com\/es\/rock-island-communications-por-que-tiene-sentido-para-opalco\/2015\/02\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Island Communications: Por qu\u00e9 tiene sentido para OPALCO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La noticia de la semana pasada de que Orcas Power &amp; Light Co-op y Rock Island han unido fuerzas para brindar servicios de Internet a los isle\u00f1os del condado de San Juan es la \u00faltima de una larga cadena de decisiones reflexivas y acciones deliberadas por parte del liderazgo de OPALCO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEste es un esfuerzo comunitario que recuerda a llevar electricidad a las islas en 1937\u201d, dijo Bob Myhr, miembro de la Junta Directiva de OPALCO desde 1986. \u201cEs un punto de inflexi\u00f3n. Adem\u00e1s, los ingresos de Rock Island llegar\u00e1n en el momento justo para ayudar a financiar los costos cada vez m\u00e1s elevados de los futuros reemplazos necesarios de cables submarinos, por lo tanto:\u00a0<em>acuerdo<\/em> el poder que fluye hacia nosotros, las islas\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>OPALCO financi\u00f3 los costos iniciales y el capital de trabajo de Rock Island Communications en forma de pr\u00e9stamo. El impacto para los afiliados es de $3 por mes durante 24 meses y est\u00e1 incluido en el reciente aumento de tarifas.<\/p>\n<p>La fusi\u00f3n con Rock Island es un esfuerzo de beneficio mutuo. El fundador de Rock Island, Mike Greene, lo llama &quot;ganar-ganar-ganar&quot;. Ambas partes comparten un fuerte deseo de satisfacer las necesidades de comunicaci\u00f3n de los isle\u00f1os del condado de San Juan. Rock Island Communications es una empresa local comprometida a brindar un servicio excelente en beneficio de la comunidad local.<\/p>\n<p>Actualmente hay 1.982 miembros en cola para recibir servicio, principalmente a trav\u00e9s de las m\u00e1s de 80 asociaciones de vecinos que se han organizado para conectarse. Rock Island Communications alcanzar\u00e1 el punto de equilibrio entre 2000 y 3000 clientes. Despu\u00e9s de eso, Rock Island crecer\u00e1 en funci\u00f3n de la demanda, financiar\u00e1 su propia expansi\u00f3n y luego devolver\u00e1 un flujo de caja positivo a OPALCO.<\/p>\n<p>Las nuevas conexiones a Internet se realizar\u00e1n de forma estrat\u00e9gica para maximizar el n\u00famero de personas a las que se llegar\u00e1 con la mayor rentabilidad. Como resultado, Rock Island Communications est\u00e1 trabajando primero con asociaciones de vecinos y grupos de densidad m\u00e1s cercanos a la infraestructura existente. Sin embargo, cualquier persona interesada en el servicio debe completar el formulario de inter\u00e9s en <a href=\"https:\/\/rockisland.com\">https:\/\/rockisland.com<\/a> y obt\u00e9n tu ubicaci\u00f3n en el mapa para futuras conexiones. Rock Island brindar\u00e1 varios tipos de servicios; La disponibilidad de servicios y tecnolog\u00edas variar\u00e1 seg\u00fan la ubicaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;No podr\u00edamos estar en una mejor posici\u00f3n&quot;, dijo Foster Hildreth, gerente general de OPALCO y presidente de Rock Island Communications. \u201cLa adquisici\u00f3n de Rock Island nos permite avanzar mucho m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido para conectar a la gente con los servicios que solicitan y acelera la rentabilidad de la empresa. Tenemos hasta 18 cables submarinos que sustituir durante los pr\u00f3ximos 30 a\u00f1os. Este flujo de ingresos nos ayudar\u00e1 a financiar esos proyectos de capital fuera de las tasas. &quot;<\/p>\n<p>Ha habido una gran cantidad de apoyo y entusiasmo por la nueva direcci\u00f3n, y los l\u00edderes de OPALCO reconocen que no todos los miembros est\u00e1n contentos con esta decisi\u00f3n. Para aquellos que todav\u00eda tienen preguntas o inquietudes sobre la nueva entidad, obtengan los datos en l\u00ednea en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opalco.com\/es\/\">www.opalco.com<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/rockisland.com\">https:\/\/rockisland.com<\/a> o comun\u00edquese con Suzanne Olson al <a href=\"mailto:solson@opalco.com\">solson@opalco.com<\/a>. OPALCO sigue siendo esa peque\u00f1a cooperativa amigable que trabaja duro todos los d\u00edas para mantener las luces encendidas y las tarifas lo m\u00e1s bajas posible. Nos preocupamos por nuestros miembros y estamos escuchando.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La noticia de la semana pasada de que Orcas Power &amp; Light Co-op y Rock Island han unido fuerzas para brindar servicios de Internet a los isle\u00f1os del condado de San Juan es la \u00faltima en... <a class=\"co-blog_post--morelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opalco.com\/es\/rock-island-communications-por-que-tiene-sentido-para-opalco\/2015\/02\/\" aria-label=\"Lea m\u00e1s sobre: Rock Island Communications: Por qu\u00e9 tiene sentido para OPALCO\">Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadband","category-programs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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