Rural Telecommunications articles from May 2006

Rural Telecommunications archives from May 2006

Dependable broadband a necessity.
May 1, 2006... A few years ago, my parents decided to abandon their suburban city home and semiretire to Deale, Md., a rural community situated on the Chesapeake Bay. They were thrilled with the quaint town on the water's edge, neighbors who stopped by daily...

Pay bills with e-mail.(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... New technology now enables customers to pay their bills through e-mail, providing a cost-saving solution to billing and recording payment. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Western Union Financial Services and Striata, a provider of integrated...

Safety while driving and multitasking.(SHORT Takes)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... You've surely experienced it. Perhaps you've even been the culprit. Drivers who talk on their cell phones and appear distracted from the road. Without question, every driver wants to be safe, but they also want to maximize the use of their time...

Sign your John Hancock online.(3PV's AssureSign Web )(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... No one denies that a paper signature is personal. However, online signatures can now be just as official and secure as a paper and pen rendition. 3PV recently introduced an electronic signature called AssureSign. AssureSign permits...

First mobile-voice to PC network.(personal computers)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... iSkoot, a mobile Internet phone company, recently announced the first bridge to connect mobile phones with PC-to-PC networks. For the first time, the cellular phone customer does not need a PC, custom cell phone or Wi-Fi hotspot to connect with...

Find the open door.(Perspective)
May 1, 2006... My father has spent more than 40 years in the telecommunications industry, and in that time, he has seen many changes. Nearing retirement, he often remarks at how different the industry has become. I started my career in 1993, working for...

How do you envision the lives of your rural subscribers changing with the advent and expansion of broadband?(FIRST Person)
May 1, 2006... Broadband technology is the wave of the future. Much in the same way new lanes are constructed on a road, broadband technology is expanding the pipeline, increasing the quantity and breadth of information available, and the speed at which...

Putting the customer in (remote) control the evolution of video content delivery.(Cover story)
May 1, 2006... Though it may seem as if television has always been a significant part of the American lifestyle, in reality, the medium has only been a resident in our homes for a little more than six decades. The methods by which video content may be...

IMS: a key enabler of services and wireline network transformation.
May 1, 2006... Over the past few years, innovative systems vendors and service providers have shared visions of using IP for true services integration. The goal is to transcend the value of bundled voice, video and data services by creating a compelling and...

The quest for rural spectrum.(rural telecommunications)
May 1, 2006... Over the last several years, end users increasingly have demanded a broad range of telecommunications services that require higher and higher bandwidth requirements. Unified voice, data, video and content applications are driving providers to...

Advancing toward a broadband world.
May 1, 2006... Throughout history, some of the greatest drivers of economic change in rural America have been technologies that knitted together remote and wide-spread places and people--from canals, railroads and the telegraph in the 19th century to the...

The state of municipal broadband networks.
May 1, 2006... Today much of the world uses the Internet to access vast amounts of e-mail, research and shared documents and graphics. Users find government and business documents, manuals, data for children's projects, widely divergent views about the news,...

Think, preach, practice customer service.(BUSINESS Matters)
May 1, 2006... Independent telecommunications companies are facing fierce competition as broadband providers, cable and satellite providers, wireless companies and even the local power company fight for an even greater share of a telecommunications market...

Tri-County Telephone scores big-time with triple play.(services)
May 1, 2006... Successfully providing triple-play service takes more than planning an infrastructure and selecting equipment. Just ask Tri-County Telephone Association (TCT) located in Basin, Wyo. TCT's triple-play offering of voice, video and data services...

Building a winning team of products.(comparison between baseball teams and telecommunications industry )
May 1, 2006... In late winter, when frost still covers the ground in many of your service territories, baseball's spring training brings together pitchers, catchers, infielders, outfielders, coaches and managers to hone their crafts on fields doused in...