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A Bank Helping to Bring Fiber Home
Banks are normally associated with facilitating commerce by accepting deposits and making loans. This video shows how one bank made a difference beyond deposits and loans by acting on a vision that it shared with another local institution In this interview, Corey Hall of Concordia Bank of Laurie, MO, discusses what motivated his institution to…
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Faster Innovation Of Service
As widely reported, Verizon will be using this week’s CES to announce home monitoring and control services accessible from smart phones, computer and their FiOS TV service. Verizon’s FiOS service has received kudos from customers and industry pundits for its continued innovation. In this interview, filmed at Parks Associates 2010 Connections Conference, Joseph Ambeault of Verizon…
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Fiber to the Island(s)
The FCC's announcement last week of the Office of Native Affairs and Policy points to the increasing importance of ensuring that broadband networks are available to native homelands. In this video interview from the OPASTCO 2010 Summer Convention, Al Pedersen discusses fiber network that Sandwich Isles Communications created to serve the Hawaiian Home Lands. In…
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Electric Broadband via Fiber
Dan Strode, CEO of Ralls County Electric Cooperative in a rural part of Northern Missouri, explains the need for broadband in his service area. This need for broadband was evident from the results of the surveys Ralls County Electric Cooperative administered to its members. Awarded a multimillion-dollar stimulus grant and loan, the 35-employee, Ralls County…
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The Chasm Has Been Crossed
With 16% of U.S. households having access to fiber to the premise, the chasm that separates early adopters from the mainstream has been crossed. In this video interview, Joe Savage, President of the FTTH Council, comments on the deployment figures released this week by RVA Market Research and Consulting. He also comments on Verizon’s fiber…
