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01/19/2012
Bovine Broadband: S.D. Ag Groups Gauge Rural Needs
South Dakota’s Broadband Initiative, led by the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications (BIT), now is working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Field Office in that state to survey local agricultural producers across the state regarding how to increase high-speed broadband Internet in rural areas. Broadband Initiative’s main concern is to increase high-speed broadband […]
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01/19/2012
Two U.S. Venues Make Intelligent Communities List
Austin, Texas, and Riverside, Calif., were two of the 2012 Top Seven Intelligent Communities of the Year just named by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) along with three Canadian cities, one Finnish area and one Chinese location. According to ICF, the Top Seven “are communities that provide a model of economic and social development in […]
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01/19/2012
ACA Comments Support FCC USF Bidding Plans
Comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by the American Cable Association (ACA) regarding that agency’s competitive-bidding process to disburse Universal Service Fund (USF) support generally favor the plan but they encourage the commission to pay particular attention to census-block information. Census blocks are the smallest geographic area for which the Bureau of the […]
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01/18/2012
Partners Offer Live Video Asset Management/Streaming
Content delivery network (CDN)/streaming media provider StreamGuys Inc. is teaming with live-video-transcoding company Haivision Network Video to offer what they say will be a “complete live video asset-management and streaming services to their customers, from broadcasters to enterprise-level businesses.” ??This strategic partnership makes each company a reseller of the other’s services. StreamGuys can offer live […]
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01/18/2012
CEA Study: Viewers Prefer Streaming, Not Downloading
Backing up what others have been saying prior to, during and after the recent CES (an event owned by the Consumer Electronics Association), research released by the group today says more than half (53 percent) of online U.S. adults watch some form of streaming or downloaded video content in the home (click here for more […]
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01/18/2012
Distance-To-PIM Gear For Wireless Techs
The MW8208A PIM Master test solution from Anritsu applies the company’s patented Distance-to-PIM technology to 850 MHz wireless use. It also includes the MW8209A for the E-GSM band and the MW8219A for the PCS/AWS bands. Distance-to-PIM helps field technicians and engineers responsible for deploying, installing, and maintaining wireless networks locate the source of passive intermodulation […]