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SUMMARY:FFB Week 35 - Fiber is Key to Ambitious Climate Action Plans
DESCRIPTION:In this Fiber for Breakfast\, hear from Nadja Turek\, Director of Sustainability\, about altafiber (formerly Cincinnati Bell) and Hawaiian Telcom’s unique climate action plans to reduce each company’s carbon emissions by 40% by 2030\, on the road to net-zero emissions by 2040. We all need this urgency and order of magnitude reduction to meet Paris Climate Accord targets and hold global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Nadja will discuss key carbon reduction (and business efficiency and resiliency) actions\, including transitioning customers from copper to fiber solutions and powering down the copper network. She also oversees the company’s climate risk assessments in the Midwest and Hawaii. In her role\, Nadja works internally with the network\, fleet\, and real estate experts and externally with technology\, community\, and finance collaborators to address climate change. Nadja’s background combines environmental sustainability with mission and operational resiliency. \nWebinar Presenter: Nadja Turek\, PE\, Sustainability Director\, altafiber and Hawaiian Telcom \nMs. Turek became the Director of Sustainability at altafiber (formerly Cincinnati Bell) in September 2021 and is responsible for environmental sustainability throughout the organization\, including subsidiaries Hawaiian Telcom and CBTS Inc. Her primary focus has been crafting the company’s climate action plans toward their target of net-zero carbon emissions in 2040. Before joining altafiber Ms. Turek was the Director of Sustainability Services at Woolpert\, Inc.\, where she worked with the military\, DHS\, universities\, businesses\, and airports to create and implement sustainability and resiliency plans and design LEED & green buildings. She is an Air Force veteran and a Society of American Military Engineers Fellow. Ms. Turek holds a BS in Civil Engineering\, a Master of Nonprofit Management\, and an MS in Environmental Engineering and Science. \n  \n		\n					\n				Register Now
URL:https://fiberbroadband.org/event/ffb-week-35-fiber-is-key-to-ambitious-climate-action-plans/
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SUMMARY:FBA Presents - Confidently Set an Optimal BEAD High-Cost Threshold Using the FBA/Cartesian Model
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, August 21\, Fiber Broadband Association and Cartesian unveiled our BEAD Threshold Financial Model that will help states to calculate their Extremely High Cost Per Location Threshold (EHCT) for fiber broadband deployments using Broadband Equity\, Access\, and Deployment (BEAD) funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. FBA and Cartesian partnered to create the BEAD Threshold Financial Model to give states a credible methodology for arriving at a reasonable\, individualized threshold. The sophisticated tool leverages geospatial analysis to build a financial model that states can use to develop their own cost thresholds for fiber deployments. The BEAD Threshold Financial Model is FBA’s latest resource that will help state broadband offices and others within the fiber broadband ecosystem connect every community to high-quality broadband and close the digital equity gap. \nThis webinar will provide an overview of the Threshold Financial Model and explain how to use this model. \nThe BEAD Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) directed states to expend program funds for all-fiber deployments except in the highest-cost areas\, where alternative broadband technologies can be used instead. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) developed EHCTs to determine at what point—or threshold—states would not find the cost to deploy fiber would be unreasonably high and be able to use other technologies. However\, no single threshold will universally meet program goals for every state because funding allocations are different for each state and the economics of deploying broadband technologies vary greatly among jurisdictions. \nWebinar Speakers \nMarissa Mitrovich\, Vice President of Public Policy\, Fiber Broadband Association\nMichael Dargue\, Vice President\, Cartesian\nTom Cohen\, FBA Counsel and Partner\, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP \n  \n		\n					\n				Register Now
URL:https://fiberbroadband.org/event/fba-presents-confidently-set-an-optimal-bead-high-cost-threshold-using-the-fba-cartesian-model/
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