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FFB Week 1 – Plans, Policies & Programs with Ariane Schaffer, FBA Board Chair
In the first Fiber for Breakfast episode of 2025, Gary welcomes Public Policy and Government Affairs Manager at GFiber and...
FFB Week 2 – Louisiana’s Fiber Broadband First Mover Advantage
Louisiana's broadband office understands the first mover advantage. It was the first state to be federally approved for the Bipartisan...
FFB Week 3 – Breaking Barriers: Tackling Pole Attachment Challenges to Expand Rural Broadband
Join Gary Bolton for this week's episode featuring Annie Stroud, Broadband Director Generation West Virginia. Drawing upon her experience with...
FFB Week 4 – Mapping Broadband Coverage – Universal Access for All Virginia
Achieving universal broadband coverage is only possible with reliable, data driven, and truth tested maps. The Center for Geospatial Information...
FFB Week 5 – The Smart Home in 2025: Outlook and Opportunities
This week, Jennifer Kent, Vice President of Research at Parks Associates, joins Fiber for Breakfast to share the latest trends...
FFB Week 7 – Broadband Priorities in the New Administration: Expanding Access, Speed, and Equity
As the new administration sets its policy agenda, broadband expansion emerges as a critical priority for economic growth, digital equity,...
FFB Week 8 – How AI Accelerates Fiber Network Value
With the acceleration of models, data and applications, AI is enabling fiber networks, fed by huge growth in data centers...
FFB Week 9 – Hawaiian Telcom and State Leaders Announce Historic $1.7 Billion Investment to Fiber-Up Hawai‘i
Hawaiian Telcom currently operates a market-leading fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) network, offering the state’s fastest internet speeds of up to 3 Gigabits...
FFB Week 10 – Working Together for the Betterment of the Communications Industry
The Utilities Technology Council (UTC) is a global association focused on the intersection of telecommunications and utility infrastructure. Many of...
FFB Week 11 – State of Maryland Bridges Digital Divide with New Digital Infrastructure Group (DIG)
In January 2025, Governor Wes Moore signed an executive order establishing the Digital Infrastructure Group (DIG). This interagency partnership is...
FFB Week 12 – Where do we go from here? North American Broadband Deployment Trends
According to Dell’Oro Group, the Broadband Access and Home Networking market is changing dramatically as firms rapidly introduce new technologies...
FFB Week 13 – Breaking Barriers: Using AI to Develop Stronger Connected Collaboration in Today’s Fiber Industry
According to the Michigan High Speed Internet Office, as of 2023, 730,000 Michigan households face barriers related to affordability, adoption,...