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FFB Week 48 – Making Sense of the Dollars Spent on Digital Equity
States are using digital equity plans to demonstrate how successful digital inclusion efforts can advance progress toward other goals, including...
FFB Week 49 – Reflections From 33 Years in the Industry, and What’s Next: A Conversation with Corning’s Mike Bell
Mike Bell's remarkable career has paralleled the growth of the fiber industry -- culminating in his leadership of the largest...
FFB Week 50 – ACP Fall Out & Broadband Priorities in the New Administration
This week Gary is joined by Blair Levin, the US Policy & Regulation Advisor to New Street Research and former...
FFB Week 51 – The 2024 Deployment Numbers Are In – How Strong is the Current and Future FTTH Market?
Based on the 2024 Consumer study, Michael Render with RVA will share the latest on tested fiber advantages, as well...
FFB Week 52 – FBA 2025 Event Reveal
Join the FBA Conference Chairman and Fiber Connect Program Director for a sneak peek at the plans and programs in...
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...