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Marketing, Monetizing, & Technical Sides of Video
Michael Koons of Cisco discusses how service velocity is an increasingly important factor in a telco’s ability to remain competitive. He also talks of how the video headend is morphing into a video data center. Michael touched on these points and more as a keynote speaker at OPASTCO’s 2009 Tech and Marketing Symposium. ViodiTV is…
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Don’t Fear the Audit
One of the concerns that independent telco friends have expressed about applying for the broadband stimulus monies are the unknown rules that may be imposed upon them at a future date. Fears of the bean counter are justified, as many independent telcos have been through painful and costly USAC audits over the past couple of…
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Waiting to See on the Broadband Stimulus
Ed Heuck, formerly of Hargray in South Carolina, and now with Graycliff Enterprises provides a unique perspective on the stimulus, given his current and former roles as an operator and someone building broadband networks for communications providers. As you will hear in the interview from the OPASTCO 2009 Summer Convention exhibit floor, the broadband stimulus…
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ViodiTV at OPASTCO 2009 Summer Conference
Summer is a season of growth and OPASTCO is growing or evolving to an IP based association. This video summarizes the various interviews and event coverage from OPASTCO’s 2009 Summer Conference. John Rose kicks off a season of change with follow on from Mark Gailey, a panel with CTIA and RUS, lifetime achievements and rural…
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A Perspective on the Broadband Stimulus
The Broadband Stimulus was a major topic of conversation at the Summer 2009 OPASTCO Convention and was the subject of a panel. ViodiTV caught up with one of the panelists David Villano, Assistant Administrator for Telecommunications Program – U.S. Department of Agriculture – Rural Development, who elaborated on the application process and how the process…
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SaaS to Bridge Public Service Organizations
Communication between government agencies has been a challenge since before the advent of the modern telecommunications era. Telecommunications has sometime made intra-agency communications even more difficult as agencies often use proprietary radios. SilverStar Communications is one of the first to provide a bridge between proprietary radio solutions through a “Software as a Service” application that…
