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A single English mother, who becomes an author and gains some degree of fame for her trailblazing ways, explains her motivation for pushing for broadband connectivity for a region in rural, Northern England in this interview at the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit. Moving from London to her parent’s rural home in the mid-1990s in order to raise her twin infants, Annison found a niche in helping companies promote via the Internet; a job she could work without needing to live in the high-cost e...
Sports fans at the JW Marriott had to be a bit disappointed as the TV channel in the bar was briefly changed from exciting playoff hockey to exciting coverage of the 2012 IP Possibilities Convention and Expo. Video coverage of the event was featured on channel 64 of the host hotel’s cable network. This is the ViodiTV version of multiscreen video as we were on the hotel TV channel, at the bar and online as well. The folks at the JW Marriott were great to work with and we appreciate their help i...
Mapping broadband availability throughout the Land of Lincoln and feeding that information back to businesses and others that can use it to make decisions on where to locate is the focus of the Partnership to Connect Illinois, as explained by Drew Clark, Executive Director for PCI. PCI is a 501(c)(3) that has a has a three-fold mission: (a) to collect and publish broadband data, (b) to ensure broadband access throughout the State, and (c) to maximize broadband's impact and use.
One of the comments made by independent operators at the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit was that is was refreshing to hear different points of view. This point is touched upon in this interview with Hilda Legg, who was Co-Chair of the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit. Legg also talks about the formation of various entities to provide broadband to rural areas. Stay tuned for some related videos with people who are taking rural broadband into their hands.
Allowing open access to the last mile network was one of the requirements placed upon winners of ARRA stimulus funding. In this interview, Andrew Cohill of Design Nine, Inc. talks about the track he helped assemble on the topic of "open access networks" for the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit.
Steve Ross discusses what to expect of the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit.
How do you evaluate loan applications when as much as 25% cashflow is at risk? Hilda Legg, former RUS Administrator, asks this question with regards to the transition of USF to the Connect America Fund. In this interview Legg discusses USF, particularly from the perspective of the issues it raises for the RUS. She also alludes to the session she organized with Wiley Rein's Thomas Navin on this very important and timely topic.
Technology as an amenity is one technique multi-tenant unit property owners can use to attract and retain people. Steve Sadler of Post Properties contributed to the program at the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit that delved into the types of amenities that tenants are demanding and that are available in the future. One of the more interesting applications that Sadler touches upon is the idea of electric charging stations as an amenity (there was a demonstration of this on the exhibition floo...