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Disproving the Altima Factor
A friend of mine once dismissively assessed a Nissan Altima as "all show, no go." A similar reaction seemed to plague Apple's release of the new iPhone last week, but since then, a growing number of...
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Pole Attachment Battle Brews in Tennessee
A Nashville, Tenneesse council is set to vote tonight on an ordinance that would enable Google Fiber faster access to utility poles. The "One Touch Make Ready" (OTMR) provision would allow Google...
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The Key to Bridging the Digital Readiness Gap: Taking the Leap
Though broadband availability is a key factor impacting adoption, it is far from the only one. Another critically important factor is each individual user’s degree of preparedness and comfort in...
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You Have Built It...and They Have Stayed
As the snail-like (yet doggedly persistent) recovery from the Great Crash of 2008-09 continues, one measure of economic health—the nation’s unemployment rate—had fallen from above 10% to its current...
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A Less Linear Approach
I usually leave major NTCA meetings feeling simultaneously impressed and energized; impressed by the scope of issues that are implicated by rural broadband and the rural condition, generally, and...
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What's Standing Between Consumers and Smart Homes?
Two main challenges are currently facing the smart homes market—cost, and customer understanding of the potential benefits of the new technologies.This is the primary finding of a new report issued...
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Is This the Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy?
Undoubtedly, the 18 month-long presidential campaign that is now mercifully grinding its way toward a conclusion has left many longing for a means of escaping from the harshness of the real world....
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Smart Phones, Smart Cops
NYPD Blue, the ABC drama that aired from 1993-2005, is the source of a colloquialism that is used to describe the pairing of a short-sleeve dress shirt with a necktie: the Sipowicz. The namesake of...
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NTCA Members Discuss Rural Broadband With the FCC
This week NTCA members discussed broadband with United States senators, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and Commissioner Ajit Pai. Wheeler met with members in Ohio on October 7 and West Virginia on October...
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Reports of the Death of Fixed Broadband Have Been Highly Exaggerated
In his keynote address at the Broadband World Forum (BBWF) in London this week, Federico Guillen, president of Nokia’s Fixed Network Business Group, underlined the role that fixed networks will play...
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As the FCC Examines New Privacy Rules, My Dislike for Broccoli Could be...
The FCC is currently weighing proposals to regulate the protection of broadband customers' information. The intent behind the proposals is simply an extension of customer proprietary network...
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Want Happier Wireless Customers? Sign 'Em Up...
A recent J.D. Power study found that customers who subscribe to wireless service on a contract basis have higher levels of satisfaction than those subscribing on a non-contract basis.According to the...
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Rural Broadband Providers Discuss Cybersecurity Issues
Ransomware, distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks, phishing campaigns – is your company prepared to address and mitigate current cyber threats? Within the last few years, cyberattacks have...
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Google Suspends New Fiber Builds, Leads to Escher Moment
Earlier this week, Google announced that it would cut staff at its Fiber division by about nine percent and suspend adding any new cities to its 11-point constellation.As if the Washington Post and...
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The Eyes Have It
The key to the future of interacting with your computer may lie in something you’re using right this very second: your eyes.At least, that’s what Google believes. Last week, the technology behemoth...
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Cisco recently released a white paper titled Cisco 5G Vision Series: Laying the Foundation for New Technologies, Use Cases, and Business Models that lays out their vision of how the cellular industry...
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Silver Bullets, Silver Buckshot
Over the past several years, I have had the privilege and good fortune to work with and learn from several respected academics who study telecom and rural issues. If there is one idea that I draw...
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Our Long National Nightmare is (Mostly) Over
Today is Election Day across this great country, mercifully ending one of the most contentious and nasty campaigns since Abraham Lincoln disparaged Stephen A. Douglas’ diminutive stature a century...
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Big Data, Big Lessons
Late Tuesday night, a friend who is in the network security business (see his recent article rating the presidential candidates’ information security cred) posted, “I assume Monster.com is having a...
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Pass the Mashed Potatoes, Please...
With the election season in our rear view mirror and the holiday season looming ever closer, it is once again time for Americans to celebrate that uniquely American holiday that combines food,...
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