Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor
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Viodi View – 07/31/15
On the eve of August, we are in the middle of the so-called dog days of summer. As such, many in the Viodi View audience may be reading this from gigabit vacation homes (at least if they are in a service territory of CoMo, which reportedly has a customer with gigabit access at his home…
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Viodi View – 07/19/15
What strikes me about this issue of the Viodi View are the many examples of independent rural operators that strive to make sure their communities remain competitive. Because these leaders live where they work and invest, that they understand the needs of their neighbors. I look forward to continuing the conversation with my rural friends at this week’s…
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Viodi View – 07/08/15
It is difficult to believe that 2040 is closer than 1990. For most of us, the vision of life in the year 2040 is fuzzy, as we are focused on the daily stress of trying to keep up with a society that is changing faster and faster every day. Fortunately, there are many rural communities with forward-looking, independent communications leaders who have deployed…
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The Transformation of Transportation Will Change the Built Environment
Society will soon face a change bigger than the Internet; the transformation of transportation into mobility solutions. Make no mistake that driving this transformation is the application of Internet technologies, along with mass adoption of low-cost, always-connected sensors connected to cloud intelligence. Some experts have predicted this change could mean virtually all vehicles on the road…
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Viodi View – 06/19/15
An oft-repeated comment heard at tech trade shows is how easy it would be to spend all one one’s working time in exhibit halls and conferences. There seems to be at least one relevant technology conference per week that one could attend and, in Silicon Valley, there are often two or three at any given time. With constraints…
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300 Gbytes of Data Per Month Per Car
300 Gigabytes of data per month per car is what Cisco Systems projects when connected and autonomous vehicles.fill the roadways. Speaking at the TIA’s Connected Car Workshop and in the above interview at that event, Andreas Mai, Director of Smart Connected Vehicles for Cisco Systems, discusses the impact that this much connectivity will have on infrastructure, as well as the more nuanced…