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  • What Is a Telco in a 3.0 World?

    Warren Lee, CTO of NeoNova, asked the question, “What is a telco?” Lee’s question, inspired by his daughter, set the tone for an excellent presentation that looked at the characteristics of how the new generation communicates and things a telco can do to evolve to meet the needs of this new customer-type. Lee suggested if…

  • Cheaper to Give Them a Computer – the Demise of the Telephone Directory

    Is the telephone directory about to be the latest victim of broadband? A recent online article from United Press International suggests that Missouri will no longer require AT&T to distribute the White Pages to its customers. White pages would be distributed only at the request of customers. In the Atlanta market, where AT&T dropped the…

  • Telecom Council panel session: Update on U.S. Broadband Policy

    Abstract: In a lively Telecom Council panel session sponsored by AT&T, seven industry executives discussed the ramifications for the U.S. government’s stimulus package and federal budget proposal as related to broadband policy. The sober and candid assessments offered a realistic view at what is involved in building out broadband, particularly using wireless technology, to underserved…

  • No Morning Paper for Denver [Er, One Less Paper]

    It looks like Denver will be the first major city to be without a major daily newspaper [oops, I forgot about the Denver Post]..  The Wall Street Journal reported today that the Rocky Mountain News is folding its operation.  The idea that the demise of a major [market] newspaper was imminent was reported in the…

  • Video’s for IP Possibilities e-Publication

    ViodiTV Video’s for IP Possibilities e-Publication 2009 Viodi LLC. is teaming with IP Possibilities to provide sponsor highlights, and interview video’s for distribution in daily e-Publication’s during IP-Possibilities. Viodi will be… (1) promoting the sponsors prior to conference in Viodi View; (2) providing video’s for publication during the conference; and (3) posting the video’s on…

  • And the Independent Telcos Suggest Stimulus

    Further reinforcing the idea that a broadband stimulus may be happening sooner rather than later and that it will involve rural telcos, OPASTCO released a letter written to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid outlining their proposal in a white paper. This white paper, authored by the Digital Policy Institute, an…