Category: Viodi View

  • Viodi View – 07/31/15

    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…

  • Viodi View – 07/19/15

    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…

  • Viodi View – 07/08/15

    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…

  • Viodi View – 06/19/15

    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…

  • Viodi View – 06/05/15

    Viodi View – 06/05/15

    It has been said before that there is no single “killer application” for broadband, but it is the collective power of all the broadband applications that become the killer application. For the last-mile service provider, this may mean multiple small revenue streams from multiple products, as opposed to just a one or two large revenue streams from one…

  • Viodi View – 05/22/15

    Viodi View – 05/22/15

    IPv6 – Is There a Better Way? by Abraham Chen  Late last year, we published an article that drew parallels between the early days of broadband and where we stand today with the autonomous vehicle. That article triggered Abraham Chen to ponder the similarities between Internet Protocol addressing and telephone network numbering. Since then, this MIT graduate…