Joining other national broadband figures such as Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai, Smithville Chairman and CEO Darby A. McCarty was named as an inaugural 2019 Broadband Hero by USTelecom for her continued work in “making distinguished and game-changing contributions to connect communities,” according to Jonathan Spalter, USTelecom President and CEO.
During the award presentation, Jack Keen, CEO of the Western New Mexico Telephone Company, noted that Ms. McCarty “has grown Smithville into Indiana’s largest independent telecommunications company and has been named a Top 100 National Broadband Company for an unprecedented 11 years in a row.”
He added that “While Smithville is locally owned, Darby is nationally recognized – she is a respected voice at USTelecom, and her insights are central to shaping the association’s vision for our connected future.” He went on to note that Ms. McCarty is “first and often most forceful in promoting smart [broadband] policies and investing in deploying fiber.”
Smithville is again the only Indiana-based company to be named this year to the Top 100.
