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Too Much Delegation
“We have got to do everything possible to get the regulatory dog back on the Congressional leash,” said Congressman John Barrow (D-Ga). In the above video, he suggests that too much power has been delegated to regulatory agencies. While Congress is infighting, they are not providing the oversight necessary to keep regulatory agencies in check.…
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The Independent Show – 2013
Anyone interested in what is going with rural broadband, should have been at the 2013 Independent Show in San Diego. The following playlist of videos provides a flavor for this multi-day event. To read the individual posts from this event, go to: http://www.viodi.tv/category/vioditv/independent-show/ Thanks AXS TV and Viamedia for advertising with ViodiTV on the hotel channel at The Independent…
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Getting People to Work Together
“The thing that really pleased me is that those two mayors were willing to put aside their geographic boundaries their voting constituent boundaries and to say, ‘if we collaborate, then this entire area will benefit,’” said Hilda Legg Vice Chair of the 2013 Broadband Communities Summit and former Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service. Legg…
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Datacenter in the Himalayas of South Florida
Hurricanes, tornadoes and flooding are some of the concerns for businesses in a low-lying tropical climate. A disaster recovery plan for mitigating the loss caused by one of these inevitable natural disasters is mandatory. ITS Fiber, with its roots as the local telephone provider in rural Indiantown, Florida, saw its location as a key asset…
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Transformation from Paper to App – Part 1
An exhibit booth has to have something unique to catch the eye of this grizzled veteran of the trade show floor. To stand out among hundreds of competitors is always challenging for the person responsible for a trade show booth. What makes for a successful display is integrating the conference theme into the booth, while providing…
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At the Pinnacle of Trade Show Exhibition – Part 2
Pinnacle’s exhibit at the Minnesota Telecom Association’s Annual Convention stood out above and beyond any of the thousands of booths I saw this year. As seen in the following video, they incorporated the conference theme into an interactive booth that told how their business has transformed from analog to digital. As such, they were awarded…
