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  • 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…

  • The Next Generation Community Event

    The Next Generation Community Event

    Video Summary An Audience that Reflects PBC’s Membership In the above interview filmed at NTCA’s SRC Live, Gary Johnson, CEO/General Manager for Paul Bunyan Communications, describes their most recent GigaZone TechXpo. He observes that it attracted an audience that reflects PBC’s membership. This extended community event, which drew over 4,000 attendees from the greater Bemidji…

  • A Transformative Moment in Broadband

    A Transformative Moment in Broadband

    @fiberbroadband‘s president and CEO, Gary Bolton, opens #FiberConnect2022 to a record 3,000 attendees. His call to action to attendees is to meet with state and local policy officials to keep the fiber momentum going. 93 companies are on the waiting list to exhibit. Bolton promises to find a spot for them next year. “We are…

  • Viodi View – 03/31/21

    Viodi View – 03/31/21

    The conversion of supply chains to supply webs was the theme of a recent Wall Street Journal article by the ever-insightful Christopher Mims. The premise that companies that rely on single points of failure are vulnerable to outside events applies to the telecom world. From a national security perspective, competition in the last-mile network provides…

  • Viodi View – 11/30/21

    Viodi View – 11/30/21

    This is not a new insight, but it seems like there are many opportunities for efficiency gains in the healthcare sector. It is more than efficiency and quality improvements as the overall experience, particularly the in-hospital experience, is lacking. Granted, the healthcare system is a labyrinth of regulations, processes, and vested interests that make change…

  • Viodi View – 03/03/21

    Viodi View – 03/03/21

    Halfway through a semester is what it feels like in covering Princeton’s ongoing Smart Driving Car Summit. In many ways, it seems like there are more questions than answers and, as has been said before on these virtual pages, the autonomous driving space feels like broadband did 20-years ago. In the meantime, broadband has matured…