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The Smart and Secure Farm & More
“Agriculture faces no less of a threat from cybersecurity incidents or adversarial impacts than any other industry,” says NTCA’s Josh Seidemann. In the above interview, filmed at NTCA’s Smart Rural Community Live, Seidemann, who is NTCA’s VP of Policy and Innovation, provides terrifying examples of potential vulnerabilities as agriculture becomes increasingly reliant on technology. He…
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Energy as a Broadband Provider Strategy
Energy as a strategy for broadband service providers to be more sustainable and more efficient is what George Goncalves recommended at FiberConnect 2023. In the above interview, Goncalves, Director of Product Line Management of ATX Networks, explains how hybrid supercapacitors (HSC) fit into such a strategy. Performance, Sustainability, and Safety Advantages In the realm of…
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The SMART Park – A Place with a Purpose
It is “a place with a purpose,” says Arell Chapman, Chief Strategy Officer of the Midwest Energy & Communications (MEC). In the above interview, Chapman is speaking about MEC’s 250 acres of developable land adjacent to the headquarters of this energy and communications company.1 The Southwest Michigan Advanced Research and Technology (SMART) Park is designed to…
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States and Communities Key to Unlocking New Federal Broadband Funding
The crucial role of collaboration between service providers and states in the distribution of federal broadband funding was a topic of discussion at the 2023 ACA Connects Summit. In the above interview, Greg Bathrick, AVP of Broadband Commercial Development, built on this theme stressing the need for broadband service providers (BSPs) to engage with local…
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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…
