Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

  • Viodi View – 03/02/19

    Viodi View – 03/02/19

    Is Bill Gates optimistic or pessimistic about the future? That was the question posed yesterday on the airport TV. Rushing to my flight, there wasn’t time to sit and watch the interview, but a few gates later the closed caption on another TV indicated he is optimistic. Gates has credibility in his prognostications as the…

  • Games Go Digital: The Challenge for Rural Gamers and Their ISPs

    Games Go Digital: The Challenge for Rural Gamers and Their ISPs

    More Americans are regularly playing video games today than ever before. According to a 2018 Nielsen report, 66% of those 13 years and older are gamers. While the relative footprint of gaming on broadband networks has thus far been small, gaming IP traffic is expected to rise nine fold by 2022. Not only will there…

  • DSRC vs C-V2X and More – Spectrum Is the Goldmine

    DSRC vs C-V2X and More – Spectrum Is the Goldmine

    “Spectrum, really the airwaves, is the gold mine,” states Rajiv Mathur, Ph.D., Smart Transportation Programs Prospect Silicon Valley. Mathur was referring to an area of agreement between two competing technological approaches that allow vehicles to communicate with each other, with infrastructure and “things” and, conceivably, even pedestrians. The above interview recaps a 1/23/19, ProspectSV forum that…

  • Viodi View – 02/01/19

    Viodi View – 02/01/19

    Buried in the day-to-day operations of a business or institution, it is often difficult to see how outside developments will impact the long-term. The importance of a show like CES is that it allows one, for a few days at least, to look at the bigger picture and see how seemingly disparate industries and advancements…

  • The Dangers of WiFi/Internet Enabled Cameras and the IoT Connected Home

    The Dangers of WiFi/Internet Enabled Cameras and the IoT Connected Home

    Introduction: Reports from across the U.S. indicate an ever-increasing problem of hackers accessing the Wi-Fi/Internet enabled cameras from Nest and other IoT security/surveillance device companies.  This author and others have many times warned this is likely to be the number one reason NOT to have a “connected home,” i.e.because of Internet related security problems.  There…

  • An Independent Bikeshare Courtesy of an Independent Telecom Provider

    An Independent Bikeshare Courtesy of an Independent Telecom Provider

    “An issue our community is facing is connectivity,” says Matthew Dosch of Comporium. The connectivity issue is not a broadband one, as Comporium, has been a leader in bringing high-speed Internet and other cutting-edge communications services to the Rock Hill, South Carolina area for decades. The challenge has to do with the ease of moving…