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Preview of the Merger Mix-Up at the ACA Summit
Almost lost in the noise from last week’s FCC’s actions are the ongoing FCC deliberations about the proposed Comcast/Time Warner and AT&T/DirecTV merger/acquisitions. It won’t be a forgotten topic at the 2015 ACA Summit, as Ross Lieberman of ACA reminds in the above interview. This panel is so fresh, its description isn’t even on the website…
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We Can Figure This Out – Part 1
Dave Fridley of engineering firm FARR Technologies imparts a positive message about how independent operators can turn the disruptions and uncertainties of today’s telecom business to their advantage. He points out that operators have faced and met similar challenges in years past. He uses ITS Fiber as an example of an operator that has found opportunities outside of its traditional service offering, which…
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Target the SOHO Businesses – Part 2
Do operators have a program that targets the Small Office Home Office/Virtual Business? Dave Fridley of FARR Technologies poses that question and points out the importance of this neglected market. He points out that FARR Technologies was born as a virtual company and its people are living the reality of the challenges of this sort…
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Discovering Insights With the Data That’s Already There #Summit21
“The biggest savings are operational,” says R.J. Juneau of Maxxian. In the above interview, filmed at the 2014 ACA Summit, Juneau talks about the operational and revenue improvements they have seen with the implementation of their system in operators’ headends. For instance, one operator found a 15% drop in customer-support, truck rolls by implementing the Maxxian solution. What Juneau describes is a…
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More than a Flying Selfie #CES2015
[Note: On November 25th, 2015, the Torquing Group reported on their Kickstarter website that they had “to wind up the project.” The comments from backers range from disappointment to anger]. Imagine the interesting memories that could be recorded if you had someone invisibly filming a family vacation. Now, imagine how great it would be if this person…
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73 Magic Management Words Plus Two – A Brief Review
The above video provides a brief review of 73 Magic Management Words+2. This book is a refinement of Everett Christensen’s original work from 1981 called 50 Magic Management Words and proves that, to paraphrase another of his chapters, “He is learning from the past and not living in it.” Although management is in the title,…
