Technology News Updates

Hiawatha Broadband CEO: How to Make Rural Gigabit Economics Work

May 18th, 2015|Technology News Updates|

Construction is ready to begin on a gigabit project from RS Fiber Cooperative and Hiawatha Broadband Communications.  HBC President and CEO Dan Pecarina spoke with the publication "Telecompetitor" and explained how HBC and RS Fiber Cooperative plan to make the new gigabit project economically feasible. Read more at:  www.telecompetitor.com/hiawatha-broadband-ceo-how-to-make-rural-gigabit-economics-work/

US Ignite Cultivates Gigabit Apps

September 27th, 2014|Technology News Updates|

US Ignite Cultivates Gigabit Apps Jason Meyers, LightReading ...US Ignite is working with network operators and technology developers to foster the creation of applications that could best demonstrate the potentially transformative capabilities of those networks... "We tend to focus on applications with public benefit," he says. "We think the [...]

Gigabit: What Is It Good For?

September 27th, 2014|Technology News Updates|

Gigabit: What Is It Good For? Jason Meyers, LightReading ...the growing Gigabit Cities movement promises to enable much, much more than just faster streaming and downloading... Gigabit networks can also play a major role in economic development -- and remember, it's not just big cities that are going to reap [...]

The Second Machine Age

September 17th, 2014|Technology News Updates|

The Second Machine Age Doug Dawson, CCG Consulting ...this book is basically an affirmation of the idea that the exponential improvements in computer technology – chip speeds, memory, download speeds, size of components – is going to soon change the world in drastic ways. READ THE FULL STORY

Financing New Fiber Networks

August 5th, 2014|Technology News Updates|

Financing New Fiber Networks Doug Dawson, CCG Consulting Traditional financing is not always the solution for financing a new fiber network. For example, many rural communities don’t have the borrowing capacity to fund a fiber network strictly from bonds. And banks are still being extremely cautious about lending to infrastructure [...]

The Evolution of Cellular

February 3rd, 2014|Technology News Updates|

There are several big changes on the horizon that are going to really impact cellular networks. One change is transformational, one solves some local network issues and the third, and probably the least important one will get all of the press. The transformational change is that the technology is being [...]