Podcast appearances · Radar

Dave Nieuwstraten

CEO of Pivot Group, a rural broadband marketing and customer experience agency; also CMO at NRTC and CEO of Telecompetitor.

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APPEARANCES

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PODCASTS

Jun 22, 2026

June 22, 2026: Findings from Telecompetitor’s State of AI in Rural Broadband study

Jun 22 · 12m

Steve BoespflugGUEST

4:22

We anticipate using back office AI first." And Dave, I think you, you had mentioned that you had read some similar comments, right?

Dave NieuwstratenGUEST

4:31

That's, yeah, exactly, Steve.

Dave NieuwstratenGUEST

4:33

As we poured through the comments, it was so enlightening.

Dave NieuwstratenGUEST

4:37

Um, really saw four mindsets that were there.

Dave NieuwstratenGUEST

4:41

You had the AI champions, and they love it, and you could just really see that in their comments, the enthusiasm, the buy-in.

Dave NieuwstratenGUEST

4:48

Uh, they see this as transformational.

Dave NieuwstratenGUEST

4:50

They love it.

Steve BoespflugGUEST

7:21

AI is gonna help assist with that.

The Broadband Exchange

The Broadband Exchange

June 22, 2026: Findings from Telecompetitor’s State of AI in Rural Broadband study

Jun 22 · 12m

Steve BoespflugGUEST

4:26

And Dave, I think you had mentioned that you had read some similar comments, right?

Dave NieuwstratenGUEST

4:31

Yeah, exactly, Steve.

Dave NieuwstratenGUEST

4:33

As we poured through the comments, it was so enlightening.

Dave NieuwstratenGUEST

4:38

Really saw four mindsets that were there.

Dave NieuwstratenGUEST

4:41

You had the AI champions, and they love it.

Dave NieuwstratenGUEST

4:43

And you can just really see that in their comments, the enthusiasm, the buy-in.

Dave NieuwstratenGUEST

4:49

They see this as transformational.

Steve BoespflugGUEST

7:21

AI is gonna help assist with that.