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Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 — Fueling the Fire of Rural Innovation

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Our Broadband Breakfast Live Online events take place every Wednesday at 12 Noon ET. You can watch the February 17, 2021, event on this page. You can also PARTICIPATE in the current Broadband Breakfast Live Online event. REGISTER HERE.

 

Tools for Broadband Deployment: This series explores the way that geospatial data and asset management is shaping the future of rural network delivery and performance. This series explores how market-leading fiber builders are using digital tools to map, analyze, manage and deploy new networks – with a focus on rural success stories.

Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 12 Noon ET — “Tools for Broadband Deployment: Fueling the Fire of Rural Innovation

  • We’ll showcase how broadband deployment is accelerating the digital future for rural America at a time of COVID-19. Think success.

WATCH HERE, or on YouTubeTwitter and Facebook

This event is part of a five-part event series, “Tools for Broadband: Preparing for Success, on Broadband Breakfast Live Online.

Panelists include:

  • Mark DeFalco, Telecommunications Initiative Manager at the Appalachian Regional Commission
  • Dr. Christopher Ali, Professor of Media Studies at the University of Virginia
  • Brian O’Hara, Senior Director for Regulatory Issues, Telecommunications & Broadband at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
  • Drew Clark (Moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast

Mark DeFalco serves as Telecommunications Initiative Manager for the Appalachian Regional Commission. He’s worked in the Telecommunications Industry for over 30 years, specializing in competitive market envy and inter-carrier compensation issues. DeFalco has testified before state Public Service Commissions and state legislative committees in over 20 states.

Dr. Christopher Ali is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Virginia. His research interests focus on communication policy and regulation, critical political economy, critical geography, comparative media systems, localism, and local news. He has published in numerous internationally ranked academic journals including: Communication Theory, Media Culture & Society, the International Journal of Communication, and the Journal of Information Policy. He holds a PhD from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ali’s current project, Farm Fresh Spectrum: Rural Interventions in Media Policy is an investigation into the relationship between farming communities and communication policy in North America.

Brian O’Hara serves as the Senior Director for Regulatory Issues at NRECA. His work focuses on telecommunications and broadband issues. In this position, he has worked to develop and direct association regulatory policy on telecom and broadband for over 900 electric cooperatives, many of whom are offering, deploying or exploring broadband business opportunities. Brian has more than 20 years of telecommunications and broadband industry experience.

Events in “Tools for Broadband Deployment” series, which is sponsored by ADTRAN and Render Networks, include:

“Tools for Broadband Deployment” is sponsored by:


Render Networks


ADTRAN

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Broadband Breakfast is a decade-old news organization based in Washington that is building a community of interest around broadband policy and internet technology, with a particular focus on better broadband infrastructure, the politics of privacy and the regulation of social media. Learn more about Broadband Breakfast.

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Broadband Breakfast on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 – The Future of Ultra High-Speed Connectivity

How are fiber technologies evolving to adapt to ever-higher capacity, and how do alternative technologies compare?

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Our Broadband Breakfast Live Online events take place on Wednesday at 12 Noon ET. Watch the event on Broadband Breakfast, or REGISTER HERE to join the conversation.

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 – The Future of Ultra High-Speed Connectivity

Over the last several years, rapid technological advances have brought dramatic increases to home internet speeds. Fiber-to-the-home is often heralded as the gold standard for fast, future-proof broadband. How are fiber technologies evolving to adapt to ever-higher capacity? What about alternative technologies besides fiber, both wire-based and wireless? How are these technologies supplementing the fiber-driven future of ultra high-speed connectivity?

Panelists

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  • Drew Clark (moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast

Drew Clark (moderator) is CEO of Breakfast Media LLC. He has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008. An early proponent of better broadband, better lives, he initially founded the Broadband Census crowdsourcing campaign for broadband data. As Editor and Publisher, Clark presides over the leading media company advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.

WATCH HERE, or on YouTubeTwitter and Facebook.

As with all Broadband Breakfast Live Online events, the FREE webcasts will take place at 12 Noon ET on Wednesday.

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Broadband Breakfast on June 21, 2023 – Middle Mile Award Announcements

What should we expect from the upcoming Middle Mile grants, and what might get left behind?

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023 – Middle Mile Award Announcements

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Middle Mile Program has the potential to play a key role in narrowing the digital divide, and the long-awaited awards are set to be announced by the end of June. With applications for the $1 billion program amounting to over $5.5 billion in total, what should we expect from the upcoming grants, and what might get left behind?

Panelists

  • Panelists have been invited
  • Drew Clark (moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast

Drew Clark (moderator) is CEO of Breakfast Media LLC. He has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008. An early proponent of better broadband, better lives, he initially founded the Broadband Census crowdsourcing campaign for broadband data. As Editor and Publisher, Clark presides over the leading media company advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.

WATCH HERE, or on YouTubeTwitter and Facebook.

As with all Broadband Breakfast Live Online events, the FREE webcasts will take place at 12 Noon ET on Wednesday.

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Broadband Breakfast on June 14, 2023 – Unpacking the CHIPS and Science Act

Amid supply chain constraints and a hostile technological race with China, will the legislation be successful?

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Our Broadband Breakfast Live Online events take place on Wednesday at 12 Noon ET. Watch the event on Broadband Breakfast, or REGISTER HERE to join the conversation.

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 – Unpacking the CHIPS and Science Act

The CHIPS and Science Act provides $280 billion in funding for domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors — key components of consumer electronics, military systems and countless other applications. Amid complex supply chain constraints and an increasingly hostile technological race with China, will this ambitious legislation prove successful?

This Broadband Breakfast Live Online session will preview the upcoming Made in America Summit, taking place on Tuesday, June 27 in Washington.

Panelists

  • Panelists have been invited
  • Drew Clark (moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast

Drew Clark (moderator) is CEO of Breakfast Media LLC. He has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008. An early proponent of better broadband, better lives, he initially founded the Broadband Census crowdsourcing campaign for broadband data. As Editor and Publisher, Clark presides over the leading media company advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.

WATCH HERE, or on YouTubeTwitter and Facebook.

As with all Broadband Breakfast Live Online events, the FREE webcasts will take place at 12 Noon ET on Wednesday.

SUBSCRIBE to the Broadband Breakfast YouTube channel. That way, you will be notified when events go live. Watch on YouTubeTwitter and Facebook.

See a complete list of upcoming and past Broadband Breakfast Live Online events.

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