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Exclusive Drew Clark Column on Innovation in Open Access Networks
Open access last-mile networks are an area of great commercial innovation and ferment in the United States right now.

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2021 – Right now, one of the areas of greatest commercial innovation and ferment in the United States broadband marketplace is in open access last-mile networks.
Although the U.S. has traditionally lagged in open access versus Europe and Asia, a new breed of private and public actors throughout the country are bringing open access into the limelight.
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Exclusive Drew Clark Column: UTOPIA Fiber’s Pioneering with Open Access
In the U.S. UTOPIA Fiber has pioneered the open access model for the rest of the industry.

August 6, 2021— This week, another city along the Wasatch Front in Utah joined UTOPIA Fiber’s gigabit-capable broadband network with the announcement that work has officially begun in Pleasant Grove City, Utah.
What started out as The Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency in 2004 has now become one of the most promising success stories for the open access model in the industry.
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Exclusive Drew Clark Column: In Person Events and Broadband Breakfast at Fiber Connect
The mission of Broadband Breakfast is to help make broadband technology and internet policy more accessible for all.

Part of the mission of Broadband Breakfast is to help make broadband technology and internet policy more accessible for all. We want to make these topics lively for experts and for newcomers seeking to understand the impact of broadband upon society.
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Exclusive Drew Clark Column: Treasury Regulations Stir Battle Over Broadband Speeds
Sticking with the current FCC minimum, the proposed rule still leans into Biden administration talk of symmetrical speeds.

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2021—In addition to the high-profile efforts to directly fund infrastructure by Congress, or to provide dollars to internet users through two emergency broadband programs, a battle is brewing over the Biden administration other regulations, recently issued by the Treasury Department, governing broadband.
Public and private entities this month filed comments with Treasury as it seeks to finalize the Interim Final Rules for the American Rescue Plan Act.
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