Fiber Connect 2024

Communication Key for Public-Private Partnerships, ISPs Say

Providers should flag permitting struggles and other roadblocks early.

Jake Neenan

Jul 28, 2024 — 1 min read

From left: Craig Corbin, director of public sector partnerships at Ready.net; Derek Kelly, vice president of market development at Lumos; Brian Solsbee, CEO of Tennessee Municipal Electric Power Association; Bobbie Gilbert, senior vice president of public affairs at Ripple Fiber; Brandon Curry, manager of broadband services at ACE Fiber.

NASHVILLE, July 28, 2024 – Communication with government entities is key for public-private broadband projects, network operators said at the Fiber Connect conference here in Nashville on Sunday.

“If they don’t understand your front end activities take nine months or six months before you’re actually seeing construction crews out there starting to build the project, they can begin to panic or feel like you’re going to miss your build timelines,” said Bobbie Gilbert, senior vice president of public affairs at Ripple Fiber.

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