There are many challenges to building successful Tribal broadband programs, including deploying fiber across large remote areas, the importance of…
The most recent North American Fiber Deployment Report by RVA LLC Market Research & Consulting (RVA) released in January 2025 presented…
Preparations are well underway for Fiber Connect 2025, to be held in Nashville, Tenn., on June 1-4, 2025. This year’s…
Taken for granted in many circles, fiber is the backbone of America’s broadband technology ecosystem, enabling AI in data centers,…
If every journey begins with a single step, then every fiber broadband network begins with a lot of paperwork. Before…
Encompassing over 7,600 square miles of south-central Oklahoma and all or parts of 13 Oklahoma counties, the Chickasaw Nation is…
While it seems counterintuitive, a significant amount of Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) are making the leap to fiber, replacing existing last-mile technologies in their networks to provide connectivity from core to customer using fiber from end-to-end. It’s a shift that the premiere association for wireless service providers is unafraid to discuss.
Fiber broadband delivers economic benefits to communities, but how much of an uplift does the technology deliver to rural areas? A peer-reviewed economic study released on September 30, 2024, “Beyond Connectivity: The Role of Broadband in Rural Economic Growth and Resilience” by the nonprofit Center on Rural Innovation (CORI) provides evidence that fiber-fed broadband experiences enabled by local providers in those communities deliver a significant economic impact to better connected areas while enabling access to additional services that allow users to effectively leverage that resource. Meanwhile, comparable unserved communities experience economic stagnation with a loss of jobs, businesses, and population.
The Constantly Moving Maps of Virginia Broadband by Doug Mohney Virginia has made significant progress in providing high-speed connectivity to…
Last month, the Fiber Broadband Association held its Premier Members Meeting in Florida to elect board members and set its…
The Fiber Broadband Association will conduct an unprecedented number of in-person events in 2025, including a record seven Regional Fiber…
The City of Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. are rivals in sports but share a deep history along with a modern…