Fiber Broadband Association Rings in New Year Touting 100 Gbps Service

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1, 2025 – The Fiber Broadband Association rung in the New Year on Wednesday with a declaration by its new board chair that “the only thing that is certain in 2025 is uncertainty.”

Speaking on a Fiber for Breakfast session on Wednesday morning, FBA’s 2025 Board Chair Ariane Schaffer, head of U.S. federal and state policy for GFiber, spoke of the impact that Republican-controlled governance in Washington will have on the broadband industry.

While details about likely federal policies this year are uncertain, Schaffer said there were two certain areas of interest that Republican policy-makers will pursue in 2025: An effort to roll back regulatory hurdles that have hampered broadband deployment, and an emphasis on supply chain issues regarding where telecommunications equipment are manufactured.