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NTCA to Host Rural Telehealth Seminar (and, Today is National Rural Health Day)
Today is National Rural Health Day. And, in fewer than 30 days (December 15), NTCA’s Foundation for Rural Service and Smart Rural Community will host a rural telehealth seminar that will feature a...
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Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation
SInce the New Edge mark generally denotes tech oriented content, I spent part of the weekend asking myself how I could possibly present one of my favorites of Abraham Lincoln's works in this forum....
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DirecTV Now Courts Cost Conscious Cord Cutters
On paper, it’s a deal too good to be true: 100 streaming channels for $35 per month. Yet that’s exactly what DirecTV plans to launch tomorrow. Dubbed “DirecTV Now,” the new service will allow parent...
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It's That Time of the Year . . Again
Two things happen this time of year: (1) my email is inundated with notices from vendors who will populate the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and (2) my browser reveals to any other user of my...
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You Want Fast? You Got Fast...
If you feel the need, the need for speed, you’re in luck: broadband speed offerings to the average consumer continue to increase at a rapid pace, and the actual speeds delivered by broadband...
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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year?
“If I could work my will,” said Scrooge indignantly, “every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his...
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Why You Might Want to Invest in Noise-Canceling Headphones
Last week, I sat next to a lovely woman on a flight from Chicago to DC. I do not know her name, but I know where she lives (the city, at least) and what she does for a living (she is a nurse whose...
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Change With Us
What do a JP Morgan report on Nordstrom, a White House report on artificial intelligence, and the Crock Pot have to do with rural broadband? To learn more about the changing needs for connectivity and...
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From the End of the World to Your Town
In 2010 I interviewed Wayne Pearson, former president of the Smethport, PA chamber of commerce, for an article I was writing for NTCA’s Rural Telecom magazine entitled “Can Broadband Save Rural...
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CES 2017-1: This Year, It's Personal
(Las Vegas) I activated a new phone yesterday. I will test-drive it at CES this week. My theory is that away from home, away from the office, walking miles (literally, it is an enormous event spread...
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CES 2017-2: The Smart Cane Revolution
(Las Vegas) Although PR materials for CES indicate a four-day conference, it is preceded by a day-and-a-half of media-only programming, as well as a full schedule of formal conference programming (I am...
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CES 2017-3: With All of Our Complexity, We Desire Simplicity
(Las Vegas) In a session devoted to millenials' use of technology, a panelist took a spot poll and asked members of the capacity audience to text the most important criterion they would seek in a...
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CES 2017-4: Our Connected Life
CES seems too big to be distilled into a single statement. This year, however, the small reporter pads that are distributed to media feature a single word on the cover: Whoa! And, it is that...
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CES 2017-5: Next Year, I Will Wear Comfortable Shoes
CES spans several venues in Las Vegas. In my opinion, the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) remains the grand-daddy of the venues, since a major portion of the conference programming is...
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CES 2017-6: Wrap-Up and Impressions
There probably comes a point for everyone when the history of childhood is no longer in the peripheral field of vision, but rather pulling away quickly in the rearview mirror. A visit to CES can...
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“Any Content, Every Device, All Networks”Imagine that you wake up tomorrow and want to watch your favorite TV show. The program will not play. You don’t have the specified device that the content owner...
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The Risks of Rural Living
While living in rural America has numerous benefits, including lower cost of living, affordable housing and abundant green space, a new study recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and...
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I Went to the Beach and I Couldn't Take My Mind Off of School
This past week, my family ditched our nearly-annual winter trip to Pennsylvania and traded snow for sunshine, spending several days in Florida. We did not go to a single amusement park. Instead, we...
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Smart Home Tech Favorable to One-Third Americans
Last week, I arrived home from a trip and watched my kids frantically tap the side of Surfer the Fish’s bowl (Surfer was featured in this New Edge post two years ago). Like all American dads, I had...
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It's Nice to Be Important--But More Important to Be Nice
Regardless of the quality of video service offered to an end user, poor customer service can result in customers moving on to other providers.That is the takeaway from a recent worldwide survey...
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