Category: Viodi View
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Viodi View – 08/19/16
Fiber as a Fundamental Ingredient of the Modern World The question that entities with older fiber have to ask, is will it support the higher bit rates that are increasingly demanded? Speaking at the SmartGig Bay Area conference, the Fiber Optic Association’s president, Jim Hayes, made a strong argument for testing and characterizing fiber cable…
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Viodi View – 08/06/16
The discussion of “big data” at The Independent Show 2016 was a peanut butter and chocolate moment for at least one operator, as he realized that it serves as the bridge between the technical and marketing functions to provide a better customer experience. Jeffrey De Sarno, CTO of Westman Communications Group of Brendon, Manitoba, explains…
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Viodi View – 07/22/16
The Virtual Transportation Network This week’s conference epiphany was the parallel between software defined telecom networks and software defined transportation networks. In both industries, the hardware is becoming secondary, as software allows for dynamic reconfiguration to meet demand. Telecommunications will be increasingly important as one of the inputs to connect sensors and make the transportation network…
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Viodi View – 07/08/16
The point of the broadband networks and the associated technology innovations, chronicled in the Viodi View, is to improve quality of life and make things better for people. A brief glance at the news is all one needs to see that there is a lot more than “room to improve.” Technology in the 21st century is…
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Viodi View – 06/21/16
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 – 06/03/16
Smart Glass Technology – Bring People Together, Don’t Drive them Apart It was ironic that while Dan Eisenhardt of Intel was speaking of a world where information will be provided hands-free via smart glasses, my smart phone was rendered inoperable because of a low-storage condition (this apparently happens to others as well). The ensuing 15 minutes of figuring out…