Despite the proliferation of over the top video services, consumers still want the convenience of traditional TV. This was a recurring theme of last week’s broadbandTV event in Nashville. Another implication of this increasingly on demand world, will be a continued growth in bandwidth and will mean the role of regional fiber networks and caching represented […]
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Viodi View – 01/21/14
All-IP Network Transition Plan at FCC’s Jan 30th Open Commission Meeting by Alan Weissberger With all the noise of International CES, it was easy to overlook Tom Wheeler’s first sojourn into Silicon Valley since becoming FCC Chairman. Alan Weissberger reports on Wheeler’s comments about the transition to IP. Wheeler also suggested that spectrum management needs to keep […]
Viodi View – 11/18/13
Can drivel be thought-provoking? Sometimes it can, even if not for the reason intended. A recent episode of Two Broke Girls had me thinking thoughts that CBS probably had no intent on stirring. Those thoughts, combined with the timing of Senator Jay Rockefeller’s (D-W.Va.) bill, S1680, regarding the creation of a new class of online video […]
The telecommunications traffic that traverses the fiber optic networks of rural telecom providers is secondary to the real value of locally-owned, telecom operators. The larger value these entities bring is the positive impact they have on their respective communities. Great bandwidth is a big part of that impact and is what is measured by Washington […]
Viodi View – 05/28/13
A New Use for an Old iPhone What to do with the some 50 million iPhones that were replaced last year; put them in a drawer, junk them, resell them? People Power provides an interesting approach to reusing these functionally good devices through its recently released People Power Presence. The above video overview with People Power’s CTO and co-founder, […]