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Time Saver or Distraction?
One of the reasons for holding off on the procurement of a smart phone, besides the increase in monthly subscription fee, was my tendency to become tethered – some might say addicted – to Internet access. Those who saw me at MTA Convention could attest that the G1 phone was effectively my new appendage. It…
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Independent WiMax
In this interview shot at MTA’s Convention, Brian Potter of Gardonville Telephone cooperative discusses their rollout of WiMax services in rural Minnesota and their use of both 700 MHz and 3.7 GHz to provide fixed wireless Internet.
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100 Years of Minnesota Telecommunications
A video from our MTA Convention coverage that was very special to me is my interview with Ron Laqua of Halstad Telephone. Ron chaired the MTA Centennial committee. In this interview, I was struck with how we were part of a living history that in some way might be part of a 200th anniversary. I…
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No New News
If you haven’t seen it, "it’s new to you." That was the approximate tag line that NBC used about a decade ago to promote its summer rerun season. Similarly, what is news to one person may be an old story to another. The demise of the print newspaper is quickly becoming an old news story,…
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Playlist – ViodiTV at MTA 2009
Watch all of the video's from ViodiTV at MTA 2009 with this player. There are 26 video's in all including an overview, awards, the centennial book and author, the celebration, associate members, keynote and featured speakers, the museum, the model, and more. ViodiTV at MTA was sponsored and brought to you by The MTA Associate…
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Cherishing the Past and Embracing the Future – An Independent Telecom Family
My favorite ViodiTV stories are the ones that deal with people. After all, technology in the telecom industry should be transparent and facilitate the connecting of people. As such, I was extremely excited to find out that one of the sharpest young technologists in the business, Shaun Carlson of Gardonville Cooperative Telephone Association, had a…
