{"id":772,"date":"2023-01-23T16:44:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T16:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midwestvideosolutions.com\/mvs\/?p=772"},"modified":"2023-01-27T15:07:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T15:07:11","slug":"how_we_connect_yakota_japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midwestvideosolutions.com\/mvs\/how_we_connect_yakota_japan\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Years of International Connections – How MVS Connects to Yakota, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this month\u2019s blog, we have opted to showcase a unique and rewarding partnership that Midwest Video Solutions (MVS) has with <\/span>Allied Telesis<\/span><\/a> (Allied), a company that provides triple-play telecommunication services to Air Force Bases in Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Allied has been serving customers in the telecommunications sector since 1987.\u00a0 Prior to doing business with MVS, Allied had been manufacturing and selling access equipment to one of MVS\u2019s affiliate members, <\/span>Vernon Communications<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Vernon Communications is a telephone cooperative, located in rural Westby, Wisconsin offering triple-play services, telephone, Internet, and television to their subscribers.\u00a0 As the relationship between Allied and Vernon Communications grew, and trust was built, Allied Telesis\u2019 Chief Executive Officer, Keith Southard approached Vernon Communication\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, Rodney Olson in regards to partnering on a proof of concept for the Army and Air Force Exchange Services (AAFES) for providing video services to military bases overseas.<\/span><\/p>\n

This proof of concept was to determine if a rural headend, Midwest TelNet, located in Viroqua, Wisconsin<\/span>,<\/span> could transport quality video signal, with low latency, halfway around the world, via a fiber optic network.\u00a0 The Air Force Base they intended to provide these services to initially was located in Yakota, Japan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This idea, in 2006, was intriguing and the idea of being able to give the Air Force Member\u2019s and their families a sense of normalcy while being away from home was rewarding.\u00a0 Therefore, Allied, Vernon Communications and Midwest TelNet were committed to try and make this concept a reality. This is exactly what happened and why MVS is fortunate to continue working with Allied today to provide a high quality, low latency video signal that traverses a fiber optic network halfway around the world.\u00a0 At this time, Midwest TelNet was also providing headend signals to power video solutions to six other telcos in Wisconsin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two years later, in 2008, Midwest TelNet merged with the two other current MVS owners, <\/span>WIN Technology<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Tri County Communications<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Since then, Midwest Video Solutions has also brought on board another owner, <\/span>AcenTek<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 MVS, alongside all four of the owners, very much value the relationship with Allied Telesis and continue to look at options in the video landscape that will bring value to those that serve our country.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As <\/span>MVS<\/span><\/a> reflects on this partnership, we realize how grateful we are for the opportunity to have been part of this story from the beginning and how grateful we are for the opportunity to continue to serve these Air Force Bases, along with additional areas in South Korea as well now, 16 years later.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In this month\u2019s blog, we have opted to showcase a unique and rewarding partnership that Midwest Video Solutions (MVS) has with Allied Telesis (Allied), a company that provides triple-play telecommunication services to Air Force Bases in Asia. Allied has been serving customers in the telecommunications sector since 1987.\u00a0 Prior to doing business with MVS, Allied Read more about 16 Years of International Connections – How MVS Connects to Yakota, Japan<\/span>[…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midwestvideosolutions.com\/mvs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midwestvideosolutions.com\/mvs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midwestvideosolutions.com\/mvs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midwestvideosolutions.com\/mvs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midwestvideosolutions.com\/mvs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/midwestvideosolutions.com\/mvs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":779,"href":"https:\/\/midwestvideosolutions.com\/mvs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions\/779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midwestvideosolutions.com\/mvs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midwestvideosolutions.com\/mvs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midwestvideosolutions.com\/mvs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}