ViodiTV Videos About Broadband, Technology, & More
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OPASTCO 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award
OPASTCO honors Harry Baker of Sierra Telephone Company with the 2009 lifetime achievement award. Harry’s son, David, and grandson,Matthew, accept the award as industry people wish Harry the best. Produced by Roger Bindl and Ken Pyle ViodiTV at OPASTCO 2009 summer conference.
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Help Harry and Mathew Help FRED
One of the leading supporters of the rural telecom industry, Harry Baker of Sierra Telephone, was unable to attend the 2009 OPASTCO Summer Convention and receive his Lifetime Achievement Award due to health-related travel restrictions. Fortunately, the ever-creative Sherry Colgate came up with a clever way for us to see Harry’s image. Harry was everywhere,…
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Walking the Walk – Talking Over the Top
John Rose, president of OPASTCO, felt that he had to, “Walk the walk,” and show by example the sort of world that is available today to the customers of the Telcos. With the help of his son-in-law, Rose created a home entertainment and communications network that allowed him to cut the cord from all but…
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From a PSTN to an IP Association
In this video interview, Mark Gailey of Totah Communications and 2009 OPASTCO Chairman, outlines the drivers behind the change in direction at OPASTCO. OPASTCO’s organizational restructuring reflects the changes that OPASTCO’s members face and, as such, will embody elements like content, applications and putting the consumer in control. Gailey calls out to the OPASTCO members…
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Look Out Google and Microsoft – Another Internet OS Is Here
One of the more intriguing booths at the Parks Associates’ Connections Conference was ViaCube and their Web OS. Via Cube is a cloud computing solution that can be configured as sort of a hybrid solution, whereby a home appliance can be used as a local store of data. At the same time, the customer benefits…
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Optimizing Video for Wireless & More
Jerky video is the bane of television on mobile devices. Craig Lee of Ortiva Wireless talks about their technology and how it optimizes the transmission of video between wireless base stations and mobile handsets. More than just improving the quality of the video, Lee says that their product also allows carriers to increase the effective…