-
A Look Back and Forward – Our Interviews with John Rose
?? Next week’s Rural Telecom Industry Meeting and Expo is significant, particularly if the expected NTCA/OPASTCO unification is approved by their respective members. Although unification points to an end of an era, another era will be ending with the retirement of John Rose, president of OPASTCO. Rose has done as much as anyone to unite…
-
John Rose at IP Possibilities 2011
As a prelude to the general session panel he moderated at IP Possibilities 2011, John Rose of OPASTCO discusses what he believes makes for better broadband.
-
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…
-
Universal Broadband
In this brief interview given at the IP Possibilities Conference & Expo, John Rose, President of OPASTCO, talks of the concept of universal broadband. OPASTCO represents 500+ independent telecom operators, which primarily serve rural areas of the U.S. and Canada. Rose suggests that broadband is not a one-size-fits-all service and, as such, operators will have to…
-
Give the Customers Control
John Rose, President of OPASTCO, provided a strong argument as to why independent telcos should not block or discriminate with regards to Internet access. I caught up with Mr. Rose in this 4 minute interview that appeared first on ViodiTV at the Convention. In this video interview he pointed out that telcos need to put the customer in…
