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250 Years of American Independence & 150 Years of American Telecommunications
An in-person event on Thursday, October 1, 2026
Register for $250!Mark your calendar for the in-person event, "250 Years of American Independence, 150 Years of American Telecommunications," on Thursday, October 1!
America turned 250 this year. American telecommunications turned 150, dating to the first telephone call on March 7, 1876. The two anniversaries tell a story of a nation and its networks growing up together, each reshaping the other across the past 15 decades.
On October 1, Broadband Breakfast will gather historians, policymakers, and industry leaders to trace that history from the telephone to the internet to artificial intelligence, and to ask what 150 years of precedent can teach us about the debates shaping policy now.
Register for the In-Person Event on October 1, 2026
Register for $250Program on October 1, 2026
Panel 1: Innovation
This panel examines how past regulatory bargains shaped the technologies that followed, and weighs how to protect the permissionless innovation that built the modern internet while managing the risks each new tool introduces. It asks what 150 years of precedent suggests about governing what comes next.
Panel 2: Competition
This panel brings that history to bear on today's fights over broadband deployment, spectrum access, and the vast infrastructure now being built to power artificial intelligence. It asks whether the current buildout is opening the market to new entrants or consolidating it in fewer hands, and what a century and a half of competition policy suggests about the answer.
Partner with us
Sponsorship opportunities are available for organizations that want to be part of that story and reach Broadband Breakfast's audience of broadband professionals, policymakers, and industry leaders.
Want to learn more about partnering with Broadband Breakfast on "250 Years of American Independence & 150 Years of American Telecommunications?" Fill out the form to receive the Media Kit, or email Sales & Marketing Director Quinn Nghiem at quinn@breakfast.media or Development Associate Akul Saxena at akul@breakfast.media
