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# Exclusive Drew Clark Column on Innovation in Open Access Networks
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/exclusive-drew-clark-column-on-innovation-in-open-access-networks/
- Published: 2021-06-12T00:31:26.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T06:19:39.000Z
- Description: Open access last-mile networks are an area of great commercial innovation and ferment in the United States right now.
- Author: Drew Clark
- Tags: UK, UTOPIA Fiber, Exclusive, Open Access, Amy Klobuchar, Beehive Broadband, CityFibre, Drew Clark, James Clyburn, liveonline, Next Level Networks, SiFi Networks, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-02-01 10:16, #added-preview-divider

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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