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 City of Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. are rivals in sports but share a deep history along with a modern…
With a combination of a fast-growing population and the second-smallest area of all the states, Delaware is on track to be the first in the country to provide connectivity to all. The first state has been investing in broadband for over a decade and most of its addresses have been connected.
Fiber’s ability to economically deliver ever-increasing broadband speeds anywhere in the country over existing plant continues, with Oklahoma service provider Centranet becoming the first service provider to connect a pilot 50G connection in a Tribal nation.
Digital home services present a significant revenue opportunity for North American service providers. The digital home market, including digital gaming, is anticipated to be worth $632 billion by 2028, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3% since 2023, according to Omdia research.
Today’s Rural Utility Service (RUS) now provides infrastructure funding for water and broadband as well as electricity. Read how Andy Berke, Administrator of the Rural Utilities Services of the USDA, explains the need for ongoing investment in America’s infrastructure.
Read how Ritter Communications launched RightFiber, a residential fiber provider, that now serves 155 communities across the states of Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, and Texas.
In “Part 1 – The Service Provider’s View,” published in the Q2 2024 issue of Fiber Forward, UTOPIA Fiber shared…
As NTIA clarifies and approves BEAD Volume II plans across the country, the Fiber Broadband Association’s Deployment Specialists Committee is…
Along the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Choptank Electric Cooperative has been in business for 86 years, but is a relative…