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Looking North for Ideas to Solve Programming Woes
Ensuring the voices of the smaller independent television distributors (e.g. cable, telco, municipal operators) and the voices of their customers are heard among policy makers and vendors is what the CCSA (Canadian Independent Communications) does. In this release, the voice of the CCSA voice is heard in its firm opposition against the proposed merger of…
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Fiber by the Community
The story of B4RN and Annison shows the importance of local ownership for the creation of broadband networks in even the most remote of locations. It is a story that policy makers in the U.K and around the world should take note of as they as they draft legislation and promulgate rules to ensure broadband…
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More Efficient and Better Customer Support
Does automation mean a reduction in jobs? Not necessarily, as proven by the this innovative independent telecommunications’ cooperative that built on the productivity gains offered by its Fiber to the Home network to improve the quality of service. In this exclusive video interview, Kari Nishek, IS Applications Manager, explains how DRN retrained their work force…
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Call Me – You Might Have to Call Again If I Live in Rural America
Trying to make a simple phone call last week presented a bit of a challenge in rural North Dakota. There was a delay – a long delay, like the kind I would have expected when making an international call some 30 years ago. There might have even been a call that wasn’t completed. I can’t…
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Fiber to the Gas Station
Selling pickaxes to miners is one way to cash in on a gold rush. In the modern-day gold rush that is the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota, existing businesses and new businesses are booming thanks to the oil drilling frenzy (some estimate 2,000 wells will be drilled this year). One of the big challenges…
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The Scoop on Rural Broadband
How much bandwidth do rural broadband customers need? That is the $4.5B question. Geoff Burke, senior director of corporate marketing for Calix, explains how much bandwidth rural customers are using, based on recent data measurements (January through March 2012) from end-points distributed throughout rural America. Burke explains that one difference between this report and their…
