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Band Together Now
Band Together to Defeat Autism is an effort put together by Bandwidth Consulting and Broadband Communities to help stamp out autism. Bryan Rader explains almost 75 companies are sponsoring this project. Rader explains that fund raised through this effort are going to Autism Society of America. The Autism Society of America focuses on solutions for families that are…
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A World Class Mid-Mile
“We were way behind when it came to telecommunications,” said Michael Manilowski of Executive Director Ontario County (N.Y.) Office of Economic Development. Manilowski explained the fragmented broadband network his county had when they evaluated how their region compared to other areas. As a result, they constructed an open access, mid-mile network that telecommunications’ providers, such as cable…
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2012 State of the Fiber
What is the state of the awareness of broadband and Fiber to the Home among Multi Tenant Unit owners? This is a question that Michael Render of RVA answers as part of a study Broadband Communities commissioned for the 2012. Render suggests that advanced broadband services are desired, but the level of interest varies by the type…
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Broadband Perseverance Part 2
In part 2 of this two-part, Joey Durel talks about the politics and economics of the Lafayette, LA municipal FTTH deployment. Part 1 is at this link, http://www.viodi.tv/2012/05/07/broadband-perserverance-part-1/.
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The Rural Banker
For 75 years, the RUS has jump started rural water, electricity and telecom infrastructure projects. In this video interview at the 2021 Broadband Communities Summit, RUS Deputy Administrator, Jessica Zufolo, talks about the role of the RUS, the changing business environment and the importance of having advanced technology infrastructure in rural areas.
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Broadband Communities Playlist
The 2012 Broadband Communities Summit featured a great line-up of operators, policy-makers, regulators and visionaries who discussed the state of broadband in rural, MDU and other applications. The above playlist provides 30 interviews with many of these industry experts. [Note: Due to an administrative oversight, posts associated with each video were removed from the Viodi.tv web site.…