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1 + 1 = 3 – Rural Telecon at the Broadband Communities Summit
The Way Forward’s Jane Patterson, who brings rich background of having worked in industry, academia and government, talks about the Rural Telecon Congress and its meeting which was held in conjunction with the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit. Patterson, explains that the Rural Telecon Congress brings together key players from vendors, operators, legislators and government officials…
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The 2012 Broadband Communities Keynotes
Steve Ross talks about the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit in part one of a two-part interview. To see part 2, click this link, http://www.viodi.tv/2012/04/26/the-editors-choice-track/
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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…
