Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor

  • Viodi View – 05/12/10

    This issue features more highlights from the 2010 Broadband Properties Summit, including the importance of state participation in determining a national broadband plan, more telemedicine applications for broadband providers and benefits of the Smart Grid. Additionally, Alan Weissberger weighs in on the iPad and its impact on carriers and we get a preview of what…

  • Viodi View – 04/28/10

    Attending three shows in two weeks – IP Possibilities, TANE and the 2010 Broadband Properties Summit – may have caused me to go into conference overload. All are great shows and I have some great take-aways from these events that are still stuck as digital scribbles across my virtual notepad. My epiphany is how much…

  • The Korner – There Is a Map for That – Just Make Sure It’s Accurate

    Just in Time; a manufacturing buzzword phrase from the 1980s reminds me of travel these days. The advent of smart phones and communications eliminate much of the friction of getting from one place to another. With GPS and integrated mapping on a smart phone, one does not even need paper to navigate his way around…

  • Viodi View – 04/14/10

    As I reluctantly put down my pen and tuck away the airplane magazine crossword puzzle in the pouch of the seat in front of me, it strikes me this relatively new technology (ballpoint pens weren't commonplace until mid-last century) are making their way to the metaphorical graveyard that holds the once ubiquitous word processor, typewriter…

  • Viodi View – 03/31/10

    Sponsorship Opportunities Available for.. ViodiTV at IP Possibilities Sponsor highlighted in IP Possibilities Daily Sponsor highlighted in Viodi View & ViodiTV Custom video highlight of sponsor. Video available for website.   The passage of the health care bill along with all of the political wrangling of the past couple of months greatly overshadowed the FCC’s…

  • Viodi View – 03/17/10

    Broadband is everywhere; at least the talk of broadband is everywhere with the long-anticipated release of the FCC’s broadband plan. Ahead of schedule by a day and 367 pages in length, it will take awhile to consume this telecom best seller. It is definitely comprehensive, spanning different disciplines including the smart grid to economic development…