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PCs for the People – One Way a Local Telco Is Helping Their Community
Kevin Larson of CTC discusses the program his company implemented that recycles PCs, while helping people who couldn’t otherwise afford computers. He points to the importance of getting devices to people who otherwise wouldn’t have access to the power that broadband would provide. This program targets families of grade-school children. Serving as the catalyst for…
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Bluetooth Helping to Flatten the Medical Profession
At the MTA 2010 Convention, we reported on a Bluetooth enabled stethoscope. This sort of peripheral could be very useful for rural telemedicine applications and would be a natural fit for devices such as tablet computers and smart phones. The two-way nature of it, allows prompting for the health care provider and the digitization of…
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A Secret to the iPad’s Success
It seems like the Newton (remember from the John Sculley-led era of Apple) was just yesterday. Now, some 18 years later, this iPad ancestor is barely a footnote in our march through the progress of technology. The idea was the right one, but there were too many parts of the ecosystem that had yet to…
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Competition Spurs Telecom Choices
A unique partnership between several independent telephone companies and a municipal entity spurred competition in a rural Minnesota burg. In this video interview, filmed at the 2010 MTA Annual Convention, Representative Al Juhnke of Minnesota discusses this success case and how Minnesota’s high-speed infrastructure enables the creation of jobs in rural areas of the state.…
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The Torch Continues
ViodiTV at MTA interviews Bob Eddy on several topics from; moving on from chairperson of the MTA, to the state of the industry (with comment from Randy Young president of MTA) to Broadband and to his continued involvement with the telecom industry. Program sponsored by MTA Associate Members and HEM Productions.
