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The Torch Continues
ViodiTV at MTA interviews Bob Eddy on several topics from; moving on from chairperson of the MTA, to the state of the industry (with comment from Randy Young president of MTA) to Broadband and to his continued involvement with the telecom industry. Program sponsored by MTA Associate Members and HEM Productions.
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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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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…
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Bundling By a Thousand Cuts
Introductory pricing for telecom services has caused this author extreme frustration. Warren Lee, President and CEO of NeoNova, explains how one cable operator gradually gets their customers to pay more for services they might not have ordered in the first place. The operator has something like an 88% retention rate of its customers using this technique. Lee…
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Are We at the Tipping Point?
“Soon the Millennials and Gen-Xers will take over,” so said telecom analyst and journalist, Gary Kim. In this brief video, Kim talks about why this shift in culture is important to service providers. He also suggests that operators, particularly mobile operators, need to consider more than bandwidth when determining network robustness. ViodiTV at IP…