Fiber for Breakfast: Beyond the Build: The Future of State Broadband For the last several years, state broadband offices have…
Fiber for Breakfast Week 36: Washington’s Broadband Buildout: What’s Happening Now? Broadband programs spend years in planning, mapping, applications, and approvals. But eventually, the work has to…
Fiber for Breakfast Week 35: Scaling Fiber in a Competitive Era: A Conversation with Fidium’s CEO The fiber market is no…
Fiber for Breakfast Week 33: The Predictability Imperative: How AI is Helping Fiber Providers Compete in an Uncertain Market The broadband…
Fiber for Breakfast Week 33: EPB Quantum Computer: From Municipal Energy to Quantum Tech EPB has never treated fiber as…
For tribal nations, sovereignty and the preservation of indigenous cultures is fundamentally intertwined with the scrutiny, acceptance, and adoption of the latest technologies. This path provides a sustainable bridge between generations while creating jobs and strengthening ownership and self-governance.
Alabama-based Dragonfly Internet is a relatively new service provider but traces back its leadership and experience roots to owner ITC Holding Company, LLC, a venture and management firm with decades of involvement in wireline, cellular, and internet service providers.
Fiber for Breakfast Week 29: Right of Way Wars: Winning the Fiber Deployment Battle Fiber deployment is often discussed in terms of funding, labor,…
EPB started installing the first parts of its smart grid in 2009, leveraging an investment in fiber optics to ultimately connect 1,200 automated switches across its electrical plant along with over 200,000 smart meters across its 600 square-mile Chattanooga, Tennessee, service area. In its 15 years of operations, the smart grid delivered considerable benefits to EPB customers, including a 50-60% annual decrease in outage minutes that translated to up to $55 million in savings per year by helping them avoid spoilage of food, lost productivity due to the shutdown of equipment and ecommerce, and other negative impacts.
Fiber for Breakfast Week 28: Intelligent Oversight: How AI is Changing BEAD Compliance The BEAD program is designed to close…
Fiber for Breakfast Week 27: Optical Fiber and Cable Market Outlook: The Role of Hollow-Core and Multicore Fiber The fiber industry has been through several…
One of the ill-kept secrets of the data center world is the expanding construction and ownership of fiber to connect geographic sites. While building fiber miles is more expensive up front, owning a long-term asset with distinct control of the operating environment and costs for 30 or more years is a significant advantage, while also providing the opportunity for additional revenue through leasing dark and lit fiber to third parties.