Broadband Breakfast on October 21, 2026: Best and Worst States for Broadband in 2026
This BroadbandLive will examine what is driving those differences, what the strongest markets are doing differently, and where there is still room for improvement.
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Where does broadband work best in America in 2026? And where does it still fall short? Cities and states across the country continue to see major differences in broadband speed, coverage, affordability and competition. This BroadbandLive will examine what is driving those differences, what the strongest markets are doing differently, and where there is still room for improvement.
Broadband Breakfast
Drew Clark
Panelists
- Tyler Cooper, Editor-in-Chief, BroadbandNow
- Sue Marek, Editorial Director, Ookla
- Paroma Sanyal, Principal, Brattle Group
- Drew Clark (moderator), CEO and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast
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Tyler Cooper
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Tyler Cooper is the Editor-in-Chief at BroadbandNow. BroadbandNow and its analytics arm, BroadbandNow Research, cover social, economic and political issues related to broadband technology such as digital inclusion, municipal broadband, telecom legislation, emerging technologies, and the impact of broadband on everyday life. Tyler is an active speaker at industry conferences and events, such as the National Digital Inclusion Alliances Net Inclusion conference, NPR’s “In Conversation” & Broadband Breakfast’s “Broadband Breakfast Live Online.” Tyler’s work has been published on sites including VentureBeat, TechRadar, Digital Trends, The Next Web, as well as VICE, Fox News, Voice of America, and many other outlets.
Sue Marek is Ookla’s editorial director and part of the company’s analyst team. She oversees the company’s thought leadership and editorial content. Sue is a journalist with more than 30 years of experience covering the telecom industry and her work has appeared in Fierce Network, Light Reading, and SDxCentral. She is a frequent speaker at industry events and has moderated panels at Mobile World Las Vegas, Connect(x), the Consumer Electronics Show, Broadband Nation and Connect America. Sue has a B.S. in journalism from the University of Colorado.
Dr. Paroma Sanyal is a telecommunications industry expert, specializing in telecommunications asset valuation, spectrum policy, auctions, broadband, cost modelling, competition, regulation, consumer protection, and telecom-related intellectual property matters. She frequently advises clients on telecommunications asset valuation, regulatory issues in fixed and mobile broadband, spectrum auctions, spectrum value, and spectrum availability. Dr. Sanyal has consulted on numerous major Federal Communications Commission (FCC) spectrum and subsidy auctions and has helped clients navigate complex regulatory issues. She also regularly advises clients on telecom-related competition analyses and consults on false advertising cases and various telecom-related litigation matters. In addition to regulatory, policy, and valuation analyses, Dr. Sanyal’s engagements have also focused on a range of issues within the intellectual property, FRAND, privacy regulation, data breach cases, and false advertising.
Breakfast Media LLC CEO Drew Clark has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008. An early proponent of better broadband, better lives, he initially founded the Broadband Census crowdsourcing tool to collect and verify broadband data left unpublished by the Federal Communications Commission. As CEO and Publisher, Clark presides over the leading media community 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.
