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Waiting to See on the Broadband Stimulus
Ed Heuck, formerly of Hargray in South Carolina, and now with Graycliff Enterprises provides a unique perspective on the stimulus, given his current and former roles as an operator and someone building broadband networks for communications providers. As you will hear in the interview from the OPASTCO 2009 Summer Convention exhibit floor, the broadband stimulus…
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A Perspective on the Broadband Stimulus
The Broadband Stimulus was a major topic of conversation at the Summer 2009 OPASTCO Convention and was the subject of a panel. ViodiTV caught up with one of the panelists David Villano, Assistant Administrator for Telecommunications Program – U.S. Department of Agriculture – Rural Development, who elaborated on the application process and how the process…
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SaaS to Bridge Public Service Organizations
Communication between government agencies has been a challenge since before the advent of the modern telecommunications era. Telecommunications has sometime made intra-agency communications even more difficult as agencies often use proprietary radios. SilverStar Communications is one of the first to provide a bridge between proprietary radio solutions through a “Software as a Service” application that…
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Help Harry and Mathew Help FRED
One of the leading supporters of the rural telecom industry, Harry Baker of Sierra Telephone, was unable to attend the 2009 OPASTCO Summer Convention and receive his Lifetime Achievement Award due to health-related travel restrictions. Fortunately, the ever-creative Sherry Colgate came up with a clever way for us to see Harry’s image. Harry was everywhere,…
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Walking the Walk – Talking Over the Top
John Rose, president of OPASTCO, felt that he had to, “Walk the walk,” and show by example the sort of world that is available today to the customers of the Telcos. With the help of his son-in-law, Rose created a home entertainment and communications network that allowed him to cut the cord from all but…
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From a PSTN to an IP Association
In this video interview, Mark Gailey of Totah Communications and 2009 OPASTCO Chairman, outlines the drivers behind the change in direction at OPASTCO. OPASTCO’s organizational restructuring reflects the changes that OPASTCO’s members face and, as such, will embody elements like content, applications and putting the consumer in control. Gailey calls out to the OPASTCO members…
