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The Intersection of People and Technology – #FiberConnect2023
A Background of Innovation Chattanooga is famous for having the first community-wide fiber optic network. Its industry leadership has continued throughout the years with increasing speeds of a gigabit and, now, symmetrical connections up to 25 gigabits. The city-owned EPB fiber optic utility is at the center of a technology ecosystem. A recent example of…
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All Points Lead to Fiber Broadband
All Points Broadband could be a metaphor for the unserved locations that are the focus of the company with that name. With a goal of connecting over 80,000 unserved rural locations by the end of 2025, All Points is bringing Fiber to the Home (FTTH) to parts of rural Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia that…
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Beyond the Fiber Halo – #fiberconnect2023
Summary A recent study, led by RVA, LLC and sponsored by the Fiber Broadband Association, found that consumers have a very positive perception of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH). In the study of 4,000 randomly selected, U.S. online customers, 63% of respondents said that fiber is the best type of internet available, and 33% said they would be…
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Enforcement Is a Must to Ensure Equitable Broadband Deployment
“It’s truly a crime that these entities are submitting false reports to the federal government,” states Chad Rupe, General Manager of Ponderosa. Speaking at NTCA’s 2023 RTIME, Rupe’s concern is that some companies have been falsifying data by claiming they are providing service in areas where they are not. New Lisbon Holdings, Inc. CEO, John…
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Fiber’s Sustainable Advantage – #Fiberconnect2023
Sustainability – whether economic or environmental – is center stage as it relates to broadband deployments, particularly those that receive federal monies. The challenge is to balance the drive to bridge the digital divide while managing the accompanying energy consumption that this entails. At Fiber Connect 2023, OMDIA’s Julie Kunstler led a track on sustainability.…
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Broadband as a Lifestyle Service – #FiberConnect2023
Workforce training is a subject of immense importance in the nationwide buildout of fiber-to-the-home networks as evidenced by its prominence as a topic at the recent Fiber Connect 2023 conference. In the above interview, Craig Thomas, VP of Business Development, and Strategic Marketing for the Broadband Forum, emphasizes the breadth and depth of opportunities available…