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Smart Meters – Old School for This Electric Coop
Smart Meters are a center of controversy in California, but in the rural Missouri region served by Co-Mo Electric Cooperative, smart meters were introduced a decade ago and embraced by Co-Mo’s members. Kenneth Johnson, CEO/GM of Co-Mo, explains how their first generation smart meters helped their customers in ways that wouldn’t be obvious to someone…
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Whoa, Whoa, It’s Magic to Me
The line between thoughts and reality becomes quite blurry with the passage of time. I can recall the moment some six years ago, late at night, while working on the Viodi View in a hotel lobby, when I heard an old song and thought how useful it would be to have the meta-data associated with…
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Verizon/Redbox – More than Meets the Eyeball
Verizon’s announcement of its partnership with RedBox isn’t much of a surprise given last year’s formation of their Verizon Digital Media Services (VDMS) unit. At the Media Innovation Summit, Louisa Shipnuck explained VDMS and how it is an end-to-end content workflow and delivery solution; or as some would say content from camera to eyeball. Shipnuck is clear…
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Award Winning Economic Development
Everett Christensen of Christensen Communications explains four of the things his company did to improve the community his company serves. By being part of the community, he sees the needs and is continually striving to improve the quality of life for his fellow Madelia, MN citizens. As a result, his company won the 2011 Minnesota…
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Powering Telecom Progress
Power is a critical element to a reliable communications network. This may be even more so in rural areas, compared to urban areas, as the economics of a rural build don’t support multiple last mile networks and the physics of a rural area often don’t allow wireless communications. Nowhere is this more evident than at…
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Wind Power for Off Grid Telecom Applications & More
Electricity generation via wind power is often associated with modern-day version of windmills spread through the hillsides and plains of the country side. Urban Green Energy aims to change that with a product line of relatively low-cost wind turbines. Designed to make little noise and to run at low revolutions per…
