Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

  • Viodi View – 10/13/23

    Viodi View – 10/13/23

    Shalom Be Authentic and Transparent in Your Marketing Authenticity and transparency describe the common message from the FiberConnect 2023 panel, Messages Matter: Crafting Go-to-market Plans for Fiber Broadband.  Kim McKinley, CMO of UTOPIA Fiber, moderator of that panel, stressed the importance of being genuine and showcasing one’s true self to the audience. Authenticity fosters trust and builds lasting…

  • Viodi View – 09/14/23

    Viodi View – 09/14/23

    “You were paying careful attention,” says ACA Connects CEO, Grant Spellmeyer in yesterday’s House Energy and Commerce’s Communications and Technology Energy Subcommittee hearing. Spellmeyer statement was in response to Representative Diana Harshbarger’s (R-TN) summary of the hearing that “price transparency & more freedom of choice is needed in the video market.” In addition to Spellmeyer,…

  • Viodi View – 08/09/23

    Viodi View – 08/09/23

    Patty Boyer’s comments complimenting Pat Thompson evoke the image of runners passing the baton in an endless race to improve the quality of the rural communications infrastructure. Boyers and Thompson’s connections with others in the industry may be even more impactful than their direct work. Simply, they inspire others to do great things in their…

  • The Intersection of Community Building & Future Mobility at the Culdesac

    The Intersection of Community Building & Future Mobility at the Culdesac

    The defining characteristic of Culdesac Tempe is that it is a car-free neighborhood. Instead of housing cars (parking lots), Culdesac Tempe’s focus is on community and mobility for its residents. Mobility starts with the creation of a walkable neighborhood but includes the integration of technologies and services that allow people to live without owning a…

  • The Bridge Between the Cable Past & the Broadband Future – #Summit23

    The Bridge Between the Cable Past & the Broadband Future – #Summit23

    Pat Thompson has lived the future. When she was told that “Women don’t do that,” she persisted and became the first woman broker in the still nascent cable television industry. It was an improbable career change for a single mother of three from Montana who had settled in Colorado only a few years earlier with…

  • Build a BEAD Buffer

    Build a BEAD Buffer

    Build a buffer is Shelby Pardy’s advice to operators thinking of participating in NTIA’s BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment) program. Pardy, an analyst for Vantage Point Solutions, points out this is more than budgeting extra dollars for inflationary pressures. It means dealing with new rules such as workforce diversity/training, climate resiliency, and sourcing requirements…