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The Scoop on Rural Broadband
How much bandwidth do rural broadband customers need? That is the $4.5B question. Geoff Burke, senior director of corporate marketing for Calix, explains how much bandwidth rural customers are using, based on recent data measurements (January through March 2012) from end-points distributed throughout rural America. Burke explains that one difference between this report and their…
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From Physical to Digital Distribution
Content of all type is moving from physical to digital distribution, so says Pietro Macchiarella, Research Analyst with Parks Associates. Macchiarella adds that content protection and the rich data that digital distribution provides are common discussion points regardless of content type (e.g. video, music, gaming). He also provides his views of the recent E3 gaming conference.…
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Complete Connections 2012 Coverage
Parks Associates’ Connections 2012 conference at TIA provided a comprehensive view of the connected home and beyond. Complementing the substantive session agenda was a pavilion/exhibit area that had all elements required for the connected home. The above video features 46 interviews with suppliers, service providers and analysts discussing the today’s environment as well what to…
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3M Connectivity Points in 18 Months in Ohio
Connecting the rest of Ohio with broadband is the goal of Agile Networks. In this interview at the TIA 2012, Agile Networks’ CTO Kyle Quillen explains how they will be using a hybrid network of fiber and wireless to bring broadband to both the unserved and served areas of Ohio. The roots of this project…
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Demystifying Home Energy Technology at Retail
“Our job is to demystify the technology,” said Kristen Bowring Senior Director, Platform Lead, Home and Energy Management at Best Buy at the 2012 Smart Energy Summit. In this interview, Bowring explains how Best Buy has created home energy departments in three of their stores, in partnerships with utilities, to test how they can educate customers…
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Igniting Broadband
A partnership to drive broadband adoption is how Sue Spradley described the purpose of U.S. Ignite. With the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Science Foundation, and the GENI Program Office as its catalyst, US Ignite is forming public and private partnerships to fulfill its mission. For instance, one of their…
