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Driving the Demand Side of Broadband
“Once you have it, what do you do with it,” said Michael Curri of Strategic Networks Group. He was referring to the demand side of broadband in this interview filmed at the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit. He explains how his company identifies gaps in broadband utilization and actions providers and communities can take to drive demand.…
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Reporting on Reporting
What are the characteristics of rural broadband customers? That is a question that Geoff Burke of Calix addresses in this exclusive interview filmed at the 2012 IP Possibilities Conference and Expo in Indianapolis. Calix has been gathering anonymous last-mile access data from over 45 rural broadband operators and 70,000 end-points through its Compass Flow Analyzer and…
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Partnering for Scale & New Opportunities
“On the video side, we have some challenges,” said Rich Fickle, president of NCTC. Speaking at the ACA 2012 Summit, Fickle spoke of the need to work together with the American Cable Association and its members to control programming costs. He suggested closer ties between NCTC and ACA to overcome these challenges. He also spoke…
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A New Game Plan Is Needed
NTCA’s CEO, Shirley Bloomfield talks about changes to USF, Intercarrier Compensation and how rural operators need to try a different game plan to have their and their customer’s voices heard in Washington D.C. She suggests that the uncertainty needs to be resolved, as it is delaying operators’ plans for rolling out broadband. And this uncertainty…
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Strong, Faster Than Before – The Video
About two months ago, an impromptu video I shot at CES 2012 went somewhat viral. The reason for its relative popularity was because Popular Science selected it to be part of their YouTube channel. Why it was picked up by Popular Science remains a mystery. Still, based on the number of YouTube “likes” versus “dislikes”, the message…
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Stimulating and Driving the Broadband Bus
Skin in the game differentiated Farmers Mutual Telephone Company from other providers and was a key to their partnership with their local county, so says Kevin Beyer, General Manager of Farmers Mutual Telephone. For years, Farmers Mutual Telephone Company served residences in one-half of rural Lac qui Parle County . He explains the process for how…
