ViodiTV Videos About Broadband, Technology, & More
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Is 4 Mbs a Dead End Rural Road?
A 25:1 ratio is what John Rose, president of OPASTCO, points out is the difference between what the National Broadband Plan calls for between urban and rural areas. The objective for 2020 is to have at least 100 million homes at 100 Mb/s. Rose points out that the other 15 to 30 million rural homes…
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OPASTCO 2010 Summer Conference
Highlights from the OPASTCO 2010 Summer Conference in Seattle: Is 4Mbs enough, Beating the Competition, Is the Sky Really Falling, Interview with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Catherine Moyer, Bob Debroux, Sandwich Isle Telecom, FRED highlights with Steve Meltzer and George Henny, and more… ViodiTV at OPASTCO 2010 was brought to you by Cronin Communications, Extreme…
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About FRED
Highlights from the FRED event at the Seattle Museum of Flight with comments from Steve Meltzer, JSI, about FRED, and from George Henny, FiberCloud, on recipients of FRED scholarships. Also see promotional video for this event.
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Importance of Rural Broadband – An Interview with the FCC’s Genachowski
A highlight of the OPASTCO 2010 Summer Convention was the keynote speech of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. ViodiTV caught up with Chairman Genachowski after his speech and he elaborated on the importance of a robust broadband infrastructure to creating a vibrant rural economy, which in turn benefits the urban economy. We also briefly discussed the…
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FRED at Museum of Flight
The FRED Event, during the OPASTCO 2010 Summer Conference, is Monday, July 26th at 6:00pm at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. Contact Melissa Korzuch for more information.
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Broadband to the Unserved
The relentless banging noise of a Step by Step switch in a small, rural central office pounds away in my head some 13 years later. The irony that I was in this central office to terminate an advanced state-of-the-art, video fiber network was not lost on me. This central office was a reflection of the overall…