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Build Broadband in Rural America
In her keynote speech at TelcoTV, Shirley Bloomfield explained how rural broadband operators must shift their message to building broadband and not just saving broadband in rural areas. In the above interview, Bloomfield, president and CEO of NTCA, points out that the networks are, “living and breathing,” and require continual upgrades to stay current with…
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A New Game Plan Is Needed
NTCA’s CEO, Shirley Bloomfield talks about changes to USF, Intercarrier Compensation and how rural operators need to try a different game plan to have their and their customer’s voices heard in Washington D.C. She suggests that the uncertainty needs to be resolved, as it is delaying operators’ plans for rolling out broadband. And this uncertainty…
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Dave Lowe with an IP Possibilities’ Summary
Dave Lowe, Innovations and Technology Manager with NTCA, provides an overview of some of the highlights of IP Possibilities 2011,
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The Possibilities of IP
See the summary video below for highlights our interviews with Steve Klein of Allied Telesis on services migrating to IP, the importance of supporting Broadband, and how applications are a driving force; Graeme MacArthur of MetaSwitch reviews the need of rmulti-tasking services and Andrew Randall of MetaSwitch provides a nuanced view of how independent telcos…
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2008 – A Year in Video
Roger Bindl captures some of the ViodiTV highlights of 2008 in this brief montage of video clips from many of the events we attended this past year. Thanks to Roger for capturing and editing these clips. And thanks to all of the sponsors, who helped make this possible; Badger Communications Entone Genesis Technical Systems…
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The Cool Factor
Doug Wenzlaff of Solarus, a Wisconsin-based Independent Telecom provider, talks about the the "cool factor" at the 2008 IP Possibilities conference in Chicago. The long-term implications of Wenzlaff’s comments are that independent telcos will need to concern themselves with style as much as substance. This is a preview of the type of programming that will…
