Current partner at Searchlight Capital and former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman and Ajit Pai made his feelings clear on…
Broadband Market Outlook This week, Peter Supino, Senior Analyst, Managing Director at Wolfe Research, joined Fiber for Breakfast and…
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.
Tackling Broadband Barriers in West Virginia This week, Annie Stroud, Broadband Director at Generation West Virginia joined Fiber for Breakfast…
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.
Sorensen and Riggs said they ended up in broadband leadership positions without a formal background on the issue. (Source: FBA)The…
As we close out 2023, this year went by faster than data transmits through fiber. The FBA Public Policy Committee,…
At Fiber Connect 2023, the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) and RVA LLC Market Research and Consulting (RVA) released their annual…
As communities embrace the capabilities of fiber and companies continue to leverage and expand fiber’s versatility, service providers and vendors…
Orange County, California, is one of the most densely populated counties in the state, but it had little in the…