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President Obama Jumps On Board the Local Broadband Bandwagon

By Brad Hine
January 16, 2015
FTTH, community broadband, Cedar Falls Utilities
For those of us in the telecom software business (like myself) -- fortunate enough to spend our careers evangelizing the economic benefits of high-speed broadband and fiber network services, this week easily felt like a birthday week, didn’t it? You...
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Sitting Ringside...the Gigabit battle for Muni rights!

By Brad Hine
August 15, 2014
Broadband, community broadband, Gigabit
It's been almost 6 months since we blogged about about the FCC and Chairman Wheeler's statements regarding Open Internet Rules, (click here to see our previous post), as well as some already successful Muni Broadband projects. I've spent a ton of...
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Home from TM Forum LIVE, and Ready for FTTH Americas 2014!

By Brad Hine
June 12, 2014
trade shows, TM Forum, FTTH Council, Gigabit
Nice, France was nice for TM Forum LIVE... I hit the road bigtime at TM Forum in sunny Nice, France last week. TM Forum LIVE made it clear that data is still king and the topics of virtualization, visualization and orchestration ruled the expo...
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The MTV Generation Is Going Gigabit Crazy!

By Brad Hine
April 28, 2014
greenfield, greenfield fiber, MTV, Gigabit, gigabit network
In a previous blog I spoke of the importance of getting people connected to higher bandwidth networks to create both personal and economic opportunities for communities across the country.It’s thrilling to scan the internet telecom news and...
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Let's Get Connected, Folks! 3 Great Stories

By Brad Hine
March 24, 2014
FCC statement, muni broadband, community broadband, municipality fiber network
Lots of exciting things are going on in the US Telecom/Muni market regarding getting more people connected!At ETI Software we are huge fans of cutting edge telecom technology and creating efficient solutions for broadband junkies.Any voice, video...
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Where is My Network? The 3 Must-Haves Of Every Fiber Management Tool

By Brad Hine
January 17, 2014
FMS, fiber management systems, fiber management software, fiber management tools
You ever stop to think of all the data that exists within a service provider’s (SP’s) entire operation and business system environment?The amount of info about the geographic footprint, services, subscribers, employees, work force, overhead,...
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3 Important Tips: Your GIS and Storm Response

By Brad Hine
December 13, 2013
Telco GIS, storm response, Service Provider outage response
By far, one of the most challenging times for a service provider (SP) is during the hours and days of an extreme storm, tornado, hurricane or any inclement weather.Often with these extreme conditions comes unforeseen service outages, leaving...
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3 Simple Ways GIS Data Can Improve Marketing and Sales

By Brad Hine
November 20, 2013
GIS, Telco GIS, telco marketing, target marketing
These days it’s a necessity for any service provider with a physical “service network” to plot it in a GIS-based software to manage it properly, support it efficiently and to plan for future growth and build-outs. But did you realize that the GIS...
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FORM 477...How GIS Data Saves Time

By Brad Hine
October 11, 2013
GIS, Telco GIS, OSS GIS Integration
This week we are featuring guest blogger, Will Aycock, General Manager of Greenlight Community Broadband, City of Wilson, NC. Enjoy! "Since the federal government is on everyone's mind these days (and assuming the FCC will be open for business by...
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How GIS Can Demystify Your FMS

By Brad Hine
September 06, 2013
fiber records management, fiber strands, fiber network, telecom GIS, FRM
Pop Quiz: Does H2007, C1R121-5-3, F5, port 101 mean anything to you? If you're an Outside Plant and Design Manager, like Gene Scott at Wilson, NC’s Greenlight Community Broadband, then you know that these numbers are actual fiber records data that...
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