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Marching Toward a Gigabit #Summit21
“What would you do with a gigabit,” is what GCI is asking of its customers in anticipation of a 2015 roll out of gigabit services via its DOCSIS 3.0 plant. Announced in late March, GCI will be the first operator offering gigabit in the 49th state. GCI’s Vice President of Product Management, Terry Nidiffer, reinforces the…
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North to Alaska – Broadband Around the 49th State
Alaska is a state like no other in terms of geographic size, topography, climate and low population density. Many of its communities are isolated and air or sea travel are sometimes the only ways to get to those locales. In this context of physical isolation, the communications infrastructure is especially critical. As pointed out by…
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Tribute to Jack Rhyner
Paula Eller of Yukon Telephone, reflects on the life of a key industry figure that started in the industry that at age 16. TelAlaska’s Jack Rhyner, who lost his battle with cancer a few months ago, worked tirelessly to ensure Alaska’s rural areas received the support necessary to bring telecom services to the most remote…
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Alaska Scenery and OPASTCO 2007
Alaskan scenery – Valdez to Seward – and highlights from OPASTCO in Anchorage to music by www.LarryZarella.com. Licensed royalty-free from www.trespassmusic.org, by Viodi. ViodiTV @ OPASTCO was brought to you by Innovative Systems…
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Youth Our Are Present – The Video
The following video is from the OPASTCO 2007 Summer Convention. The decision to film this was made at the last minute and there wasn’t time or resources to obtain a better audio feed. Additionally, there were several technical problems with the microphones. Despite the technical difficulties, the insight provided by the youth on this focus…
