Tag: broadband
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A Connected Living Boom for Boomers
Declining population and an aging demographic are challenges for many rural U.S. telecom operators and their communities. These challenges may be even greater in other countries, such as China where it will only take 26 years for its population aged 65 and over to increase from 7 to 14% of the general populace (as compared…
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Viodi View – 06/09/11
What inspires people to the path they walk through life. A seemingly simple event or meet up can change the course of one’s life and, sometimes, even the world. I am still thrilled about a meeting I attended a couple of weeks ago featuring a young man who is an inspiration for both the young…
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New Pole Attachment Rules Deserve a Look
[Editor’s Note: Robert Primosch is a Partner with the Washington, D.C.-based, communications law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP] OK, I’ll admit it – the title doesn’t scream “beach reading.” That being said . . . 1. So what’s happening? The FCC recently lowered the rates providers of telecommunications services pay to utilities for pole attachments. It…
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Economic Gardening Instead of Big Business Hunting
50 billion dollars; that is how much communities and states spend each year wooing businesses from outside their area, according to Dr. Glenda Humiston, USDA Rural Development State Director for California. Speaking at last week’s Western Telecom Alliance Convention, Humiston likened this jockeying for out-of-town businesses as a zero-sum game that has limited benefit in…
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Viodi View – 03/16/2011
“If you haven’t seen it, then it is new to you.” Something like that was a tag line from NBC around a decade ago touting their summer line-up of reruns. That was in the days before DVRs became ubiquitous and appointment television still ruled the day for the masses. In those days, the PC might…
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Increased Video traffic necessitates AT&T to cap DSL Internet + U-Verse
According to Engadget.com, AT&T will implement a 150GB monthly cap on DSL customers and a 250GB cap on subscribers to U-Verse high speed Internet access starting on May 2, 201. AT&T will charge overage fees of $10 for every additional 50GB of data, with two grace periods to start out — in other words, the…