BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Fiber Broadband Association - ECPv6.17.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://fiberbroadband.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Fiber Broadband Association REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261007T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261007T103000 DTSTAMP:20260930T192944Z CREATED:20260921T203419Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260930T192944Z UID:10000810-1791367200-1791369000@fiberbroadband.org SUMMARY:FFB 2026 Week 40: Arkansas’s Broadband Momentum DESCRIPTION:FFB 2026 Week 40: Arkansas’s Broadband Momentum\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith all 50 states now having approved BEAD Final Proposals\, the program is moving from planning to execution—but the process is far from settled. Carol Mattey\, former FCC official\, broadband and policy expert\, and principal of Mattey Consulting\, joins Gary Bolton\, President & CEO of the Fiber Broadband Association\, to examine what happens when selected providers withdraw\, states need to adjust awards\, and new unserved locations emerge. They’ll explore NTIA’s latest changes\, the flexibility states have to redirect funding and select replacement providers\, and what these evolving rules mean for broadband providers\, state broadband offices and communities waiting for service. \n\nWith special guest: \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Register Now URL:https://fiberbroadband.org/event/ffb-2026-week-40-arkansass-broadband-momentum/ CATEGORIES:Fiber For Breakfast,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fiberbroadband.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/FFB_Banner-e1737140608224.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T103000 DTSTAMP:20260930T203245Z CREATED:20260929T192736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260930T203245Z UID:10000816-1791972000-1791973800@fiberbroadband.org SUMMARY:FFB 2026 Week 41: Telecom Turning Point: Connecting America and Building What Comes Next DESCRIPTION:FFB 2026 Week 41: Telecom Turning Point: Connecting America and Building What Comes Next\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs BEAD moves from planning into deployment\, the program is entering a new phase with important implications for broadband infrastructure and the communities it will serve. In this milestone 300th episode of Fiber for Breakfast\, Gary Bolton\, President & CEO of the Fiber Broadband Association\, is joined by Arielle Roth\, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator\, to discuss BEAD’s progress\, evolution and long-term impact. They’ll explore early deployment\, public-private investment\, recent program changes\, American-made infrastructure\, and efforts to address locations missed in initial awards. This conversation will also examine how broadband can enable AI\, quantum computing\, data centers and other emerging technologies as the industry looks toward what comes next. \n\nWith special guest: \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Register Now URL:https://fiberbroadband.org/event/ffb-2026-week-41-telecom-turning-point-connecting-america-and-building-what-comes-next/ CATEGORIES:Fiber For Breakfast,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fiberbroadband.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/FFB_Banner-e1737140608224.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T103000 DTSTAMP:20261005T144634Z CREATED:20261002T201818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261005T144634Z UID:10000821-1792576800-1792578600@fiberbroadband.org SUMMARY:FFB 2026 Week 42: From Classical to Quantum: An Infrastructure Roadmap for Fiber Operators DESCRIPTION:FFB 2026 Week 41: From Classical to Quantum: An Infrastructure Roadmap for Fiber Operators\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuantum networking may sound like an entirely new infrastructure challenge\, but its most valuable asset is one many broadband providers already own: fiber. In this next episode\, Vincent Celindro\, Director of Strategic Sales & Technology of Quantum Foundry joins Gary Bolton\, President & CEO of the Fiber Broadband Association and explores how municipal\, rural\, cooperative\, commercial\, and research networks can evaluate their existing infrastructure for quantum readiness. Celindro will explain how fiber type\, total optical loss\, route length\, splice history\, and aerial versus buried construction affect a network’s potential; how classical and quantum traffic can coexist on the same fiber; and why amplifier huts and other facilities may become strategic quantum nodes. The discussion will also examine the operational changes quantum networking introduces for the NOC and the evolution from trusted relay nodes available today to quantum repeaters emerging for the future. \n\nWith special guest: \n \n \n \n Register Now URL:https://fiberbroadband.org/event/ffb-2026-week-42-from-classical-to-quantum-an-infrastructure-roadmap-for-fiber-operators/ CATEGORIES:Fiber For Breakfast,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fiberbroadband.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/FFB_Banner-e1737140608224.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR