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Viodi View – 02/01/13

February 1, 2013
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An image of inside the Sparc building where dogs run free.

A Look Back and Forward – Our Interviews with John Rose Thanks to the fall in the cost of communications, the death of distance was pronounced years ago. Still, and maybe this is a generational thing, there is something to be said for meeting face-to-face. We will miss our friends who are meeting at next…

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Have You Been Served?

January 29, 2013
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This image is supposed to represent a legal notepad.

In the beginning of January, reports suggested that a patent licensing firm, Brandywine Communications Technologies, sued over 39 ISPs for certain echo cancellation and pre-distortion technology integrated into DSL equipment. NTCA reported that, as of January 7th, its members had received letters, but no lawsuits. Based on a report to Viodi, it sounds like the letters continue to be sent to…

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Viodi View – 01/18/13

January 18, 2013
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An image from the floor at CES.

IOT – the Internet of Things is a hot buzzword and understandably so, given that we are on the cusp of an explosion of low-cost sensing capabilities. As suggested in a Forbes article, combining ubiquitous sensing and ubiquitous telecommunications will create a planet-wide, central nervous system. This sort of inter-connectivity was evident in many of the products…

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Viodi View – 01/04/13

January 3, 2013
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Speakers discuss various ways to provide broadband.

With the holidays now behind us, it is time for International CES and for retailers to begin planning for the 2013 holiday season. And next week’s CES promises to provide an entertaining look at what will be hot. Based on the announcements thus far, it looks like there will be no end to the advancements…

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Viodi View – 12/17/2012

December 17, 2012
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Viodi View – 12/17/2012

The Software Farmer At the depths of the cold dark winter with an economy sputtering and the future seemingly grim, there remain sparks of light that point to a brighter future. We caught up with one of those sparks last June at the TIA Convention and Conference in Dallas. Neil Mylet is a young man…

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