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Fiber to the Drive-In
Vandalism and the lost business that resulted, prompted this rural North Dakota drive-in/diner to implement security services from the local independent telecommunications cooperative. The proprietor, Doug Davis, explains how the bundle of Internet, video and security has eliminated the crime problem and improved the ambiance of their popular eatery. This video made possible by Calix.
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Fiber to the Wireless Drop
Building a robust last mile is a challenge for broadband operators. In this interview, filmed at the 2011 IP Possibilities, Rob Riordan, EVP and director of corporate development for Nsight, an award-winning pioneer in the deployment of femtocell technology, advances an idea for using hardened femtocells at the pedestal to solve the drop part of the…
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The Fiber to the Home Bounce Back
Michael Render, President of RVA, explains the uptick in fiber deployments after a couple of years of general slowdown in this interview at the 2011 Broadband Properties Summit. He cites the stimulus as one of the factors in the growth. The normal actors, such as independent telcos, are deploying fiber to the home, as well…
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Driving Demand for Broadband
You have got it; Fiber to the Home that is, now what do you do with it? In this video interview, recorded at the MTA 2011 Annual Convention, Bernadine Joselyn of the Blandin Foundation and Kevin Beyer, who wears two hats as General Manager of Federated Telephone Cooperative and Farmers Mutual Telephone Company in West…
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A Bank Helping to Bring Fiber Home
Banks are normally associated with facilitating commerce by accepting deposits and making loans. This video shows how one bank made a difference beyond deposits and loans by acting on a vision that it shared with another local institution In this interview, Corey Hall of Concordia Bank of Laurie, MO, discusses what motivated his institution to…
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GigE, LTE and Ala Carte – Elements of a New Rural Vermont Telecom Network
No one technology will solve the challenges of bringing affordable broadband to rural areas. In this video interview, Dr. J. Michele Guite of Vermont Telephone discusses their efforts to combine LTE wireless technology with GigE fiber backbones to connect 114k rural Vermont households to the Internet at broadband speeds. This interview took place at the…
