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Mapping North Carolina
North Carolina has been mapping availability of broadband for many years, well in advance of the requirements outlined in the National Broadband Plan. In this interview, Jane Patterson, Executive Director of e-NC, discusses the techniques they use to determine the location and quality of broadband across the Tar Heel State. She explains how different groups…
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There’s a Map for That!
Producing accurate maps of broadband availability is no easy task, as evidenced by the state of Vermont's admission last week that their broadband maps are riddled with inaccuracies. Good maps are critical for directing infrastructure investment in the right places. In this video, Jessica Ditto, of Connected Nation, explains that mapping goes beyond infrastructure…
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The Networked Lightbulb
Bringing the power of the Internet to the ordinary light bulb is one of the things that GreenWave Reality demonstrated at Parks Associates' Smart Energy Summit in Austin last January. The implications of this meet-up of the network with light source goes beyond energy efficiency and reaches into the fundamentals of home construction. For instance, why…
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A Model for Us All
The cover model for the 100 year annivesary book published by the Minnesota Telecom Alliance wasn’t a model. Jill Jantzen, who adorned the cover of MTA’s book on the history of Minnesota telecom, is a technician with Pine Island Telephone. She was an appropriate representative for a group that has been progressive from its inception.…
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Mobile – Enabling the Virtual Doctor Visit
Healthcare is going mobile, according to Nancy Green of Verizon. In this video interview at the 2011 Broadband Properties Summit, Green mentions the various types of health care applications that benefit from the addition of a mobile connection; whether that mobile connection is on the patient or provider side. The importance of meeting HIPPA requirements as…
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A Celebration of Community Near Yosemite
[Note: this video was originally posted in September, 2003 as a Windows Media Video on the Viodi.com site. We just added it to the Viodi.TV site, so it would be readily avaiable. Some day, we will find the original file and upload a better resolution version. Still, the essence of the story remains, despite the…
