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Leveraging Existing Assets to Bring Fiber to the Bunker
With over 2,000 miles of fiber, Finger Lakes Technology Group, Inc (FLTG)., has transformed from a 90+ year-old, independent last mile provider to a provider of mid-mile connectivity in western New York and northern Pennsylvania. In the above interview, FLTG’s president, Paul Griswold, explains their approach to building out a fiber network with the help of anchor tenants.…
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Gigabit in the Cowboy State
Reinvesting in their community is what differentiates independent operators from their competition. Silver Star Communications, which serves northwestern Wyoming and eastern Idaho, exemplifies the difference a local operator can make. It was an honor to spend the day with Silver Star Communications as they launched the first Gigabit communities in Wyoming. In the above interview,…
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Visions of Uncle Fester – A Light Bulb with a Memory #CES2014
Imagine a lightbulb that stays on when power is interrupted? Well, that’s what Charlotte entrepreneur of the year, Shaliendra Suman, not only imagined, but put into action with a Kick Starter campaign that funded the development and production of the SmartCharge LED lightbulb. A built-in battery, coupled with intelligence to detect the position of a…
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Smartly Connecting Rural Cooperatives
On the surface, the Smart Rural Community® Showcase Award from NTCA is about how an operator mixes bandwidth and technology to create new opportunities for their community. The award is more than these elements, however, as it is also a reflection of the operator’s initiative and their “smarts” to continue to find ways to make their communities relevant…
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From Tubes to Semiconductors
Paul Wesling (GTE/Lenkurt), Norm Pond (Varian) and Ted Hoff (Intel) explain the transition from tubes to semiconductors and describe the resulting transformation of the Valley of the Hearts Delight into Silicon Valley. Starting in the early 1900s, this fascinating talk shows how modern concepts, like hackathons and sharing, were a factor in the development of homegrown technology…
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Electronics in the Valley of the Heart’s Delight
Paul Wesling provides an overview of the early days of Silicon Valley and the defining events and the elements that led to growth of the electronics industry.
