Comments were made at the Fiber Connect conference last week.
Fiber networks have a unique capacity to keep broadband prices low for low-income communities, proponents say.
'We’re projecting a 5x increase in data consumption from 2021 to 2025.'
Attendance at the fiber show jumped from 2,041 attendees last June to 2,854 registrants as of Friday.
Industry experts detailed best practices for approaching public-private partnerships at Mountain Connect 2022.
Utilities Technology Council CEO Sheryl Riggs questioned whether broadband access is expanded if costs just float to ratepayers.
While praising some aspects of NTIA rules, the group said that “we can’t take a victory lap quite yet."
Both the GSCA and Yellowstone Fiber are using UTOPIA's techniques to provide open access broadband over fiber.
Broadband leaders note cities prefer to partner than to own networks.
“We have put our thumb on the scale for fiber,” said Joseph Wender, director the Treasury Department's broadband fund.
AT&T executives emphasized role of fixed-wireless as crucial to serving rural Americans.
Gary Bolton and Shirley Bloomfield called on NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson to prioritize applicant investing in "future-proof" fiber.
Lit Communities will operate the network, with subsidiary BTX Fiber as the last-mile provider. HMI Utilities is prime contractor.
The project will be Montana’s first open-access fiber-to-the-home network.
Revising its pole replacement rules may give providers quicker access to poles in communities for deploying high-speed broadband.
Public Knowledge spokesperson warns about FCC's new multi-tenant housing rules.
Co-ops have the chance to support education, healthcare and work-from-home coming out of the coronavirus pandemic.
Observers from the event say the chairwoman’s remarks were her most substantive yet on the matter.
Commentators concerned existing middle-mile infrastructure not used to drive last-mile home.
CEO contrasted SiFi Network's model versus the Google Fiber model that builds infrastructure where there’s demand.
The agency’s results over these years indicate the versatility of fiber in critical infrastructure projects.
This will be the “first true gigabit city in the state of Montana,” said Bozeman's director of economic development.
In the coming year, fiber-optic infrastructure will needed to manage and offer increases in bandwidth capacity.
The expansion will bring fiber-to-the-home to residents of two additional Utahn cities.
Keller and Heckman Partner Jim Baller says model could lead to a race to the bottom, but UTOPIA CEO disagrees.
UTOPIA customers deep in red states favor net neutrality by a wide margin.
City’s technology staff has been working with a consultant to draft design recommendations for the fiber network.
Industry officials disagree over how effective mandates are in creating internet provider choice within multitenant residential buildings.
Open RAN adoption is said to save telecoms money and boost security, as providers are forced to move off Huawei.
Fiber builder says it has been denied permits that have harmed it and its customers, despite an existing city agreement.
The company is putting millions more into fiber infrastructure in the Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia areas.
Chattanooga’s municipal broadband network has delivered $2.7 billion in social and economic benefits during its first decade.
SiFi Networks uses private capital, at no cost to taxpayers, to fund its open access model.
Even though the models are not yet mainstream, some experts praise them for their unique advantages.
Counties see it as a way to increase competition and lower prices, while telecoms see money and quality problems.
By creating open infrastructure systems, states can reduce the barriers to entry and foster increased broadband competition.
City is yet another in a growing field of municipalities aiming for a municipal fiber network.
When their connection to the World Wide Web was cut, Tuttle’s local leaders got to work.
Both emerging and established internet service providers will stand to gain from SiFi Networks' shared broadband model.
Jamestown is hoping an open access network would make internet more affordable.