{"id":63,"date":"2003-07-28T17:16:55","date_gmt":"2003-07-28T17:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/2003\/07\/28\/overview-2\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T18:27:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T18:27:18","slug":"overview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/2003\/07\/28\/overview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2003, Viodi View"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p align=\"center\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/alliance\/','','toolbar=yes,location=yes,status=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes')\"><a href=\"javascript:\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/images\/smalllogo.jpg\" border=\"0\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/alliance\/','','toolbar=yes,location=yes,status=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes')\"\/><\/a><br \/>               <a href=\"javascript:\">About Viodi, LLC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                                               Quick                    Jump Menu to this Month&#8217;s Articles                   It                    Really Is a Wonderful Life                   FRED                    Video Debuts in Traverse City, Michigan                   CLEC                    or Bust                   USTA                    Telecom &#8217;03 &#8211; Just Do It                   Psst!                    You Can See the White of Their Eyes                                                                    <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b>THE          VIODI VIEW<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"mailto:ken.pyle@viodi.com\">by          Ken Pyle<\/a><b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\/>       <b> <em>In this Issue: OPASTCO, FRED, Telecom        &#8217;03, Whites of Eyes, CLEC or Bust<\/em><\/b>     \u00a0     <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>July, 2003 Issue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/signUp.htm\">Subscribe          to Viodi View<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030600\/overview.htm\">Last          Month&#8217;s Issue<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"javascript:\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/images\/10-03conf\/news.gif\" border=\"0\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/conference\/','','toolbar=yes,location=yes,status=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes')\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030500\/bernie.jpg\" alt=\"NTCA Fiber: Opticmize Your Network\" width=\"110\" height=\"73\" border=\"0\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/ntca\/','','')\"\/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/ntca\/','','')\">Click          Here to Listen to a Sample of the Fiber: Opticmize Your Network Conference<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/images\/bmismall.jpg\"\/><br align=\"center\"\/>         BMI &#8220;Mouse Car&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0                                                  <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/logos\/smalloccamlogo-147.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/redirect\/occam.htm','','toolbar=yes,location=yes,status=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes')\"><a href=\"javascript:\">Click          Here for More Info. Thanks!<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"\/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030700\/article1.htm\">It            Really Is a Wonderful Life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030700\/article2.htm\">FRED            Video Debuts in Traverse City, Michigan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030700\/article3.htm\">CLEC            or Bust<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030700\/article4.htm\">USTA            Telecom &#8217;03 &#8211; Just Do It<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030700\/article5.htm\">Psst!            You Can See the White of Their Eyes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>July Overview<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>One of the objectives of the Viodi View has been to foster communication          within the independent telco market segment regarding the challenges of          obtaining and marketing video and other interactive television content.          I am pleased with the comments and emails received from folks associated          with independent telephone companies. <\/p>\n<p>         And it is heartening to talk to independent telcos directly, as I did          at last week\u2019s OPASTCO Summer Convention. This convention was a          great way to catch up with old friends and make new friends. They remind          me that,        <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030700\/article1.htm\">It Really          Is a Wonderful Life<\/a><\/p>\n<p>         The OPASTCO summer vacation was also a chance to learn more about FRED,          an organization that is a vital conduit for independent telcos and their          suppliers in their efforts to help the rural communities that they serve.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030700\/article2.htm\">FRED Video          Debuts in Traverse City<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As usual, I always learn something new and get a fresh perspective on          things at these industry conferences. David Irwin, Managing Partner, Irwin, Campbell &amp; Tannenwald,          PC, led an interesting panel that looked at the CLEC opportunity for independent          telcos. This is detailed in the article,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030700\/article3.htm\">CLEC or          Bust<\/a><\/p>\n<p>         Bruce Municipal Utilities, a Tiverton, Ontario telco\/CLEC, showed a unique<br \/>         marketing technique with their \u201cmouse car\u201d. This high profile,          self-propelled mouse is quite popular and is used in local parades and          other outreach efforts. It must be working, as BMI has approximately 6,000          Internet subscribers within their exchange and three times as many outside          of their exchange. <\/p>\n<p>It may seem a little strange that I was sharing a booth with USTA, while          promoting NTCA CD-ROMs at the OPASTCO convention, but that is exactly          what I was doing last week. The reality is these three organizations are          as important to the rollout of interactive television, as a $100 set-top          box. Read more at:<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030700\/article4.htm\">USTA Telecom          \u201903 \u2013 Just Do It<br \/>         <\/a><br \/>         Finally, I am pleased to include an article written by Gopal Miglani,          President of BitRouter. Gopal is reacting to articles highlighted in the          past two issues, as well as recent announcements from the larger telephone          companies stating that they are planning the aggressive rollout of fiber          to the premise<br \/>         networks. Gopal makes the argument that these larger telcos need to somehow          become much more pragmatic, like their smaller IOC cousins, and just begin          offering video services and not wait for the \u201cperfect\u201d access          solution. Read Gopal\u2019s viewpoint in,<\/p>\n<p>         <a href=\"#MUG\">Psst, You Can See the White of Their Eyes<\/a><\/p>\n<p\/>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"margin-left:81.0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030700\/article1.htm\">Next          Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"margin-left:81.0pt\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"margin-left:81.0pt\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030600\/030600overview.htm','','')\">Last          Month&#8217;s Issue<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"margin-left:81.0pt\"><a href=\"mailto:sponsorviodiview@viodi.com\">Click          Here for Information on Sponsoring the Viodi View<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please forward this free publication to anyone you know who is involved          in some way with independent telephone companies. <\/p>\n<p>Mission of the Viodi View:<\/p>\n<p>In this on-line publication, we share our analysis, opinions and direction          on the interactive television news and views that we believe will be of          interest and use to our friends associated directly or indirectly with          independent telephone companies. For more information on Viodi&#8217;s efforts          to unite the independent telephone company&#8217;s interactive television efforts,          please send an email to <a href=\"mailto:vodalliance@viodi.com\">vodalliance@viodi.com<\/a>.        <\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:<\/p>\n<p>The Viodi View [Viodi, LLC] and its associates used their best efforts          in collecting and preparing the information published herein. 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