Infrastructure
Critics Call Biden Infrastructure Plan Wasteful, Target Broadband Goals
Critics are unhappy about President Joe Biden’s $2.3-billion plan that includes prioritizing local builds.
Fiber
Fiber-optic technology is the gold standard for home or commercial broadband, and powers wireless connectivity. It delivers high speed and reliability, as well as vastly higher bandwidth.
ILSR
Partnerships And Trust Go Long Way To Securing Financing For Broadband Projects, Panelists Say
Broadband Breakfast panelists wrestle with the challenge of financing broadband infrastructure projects.
Infrastructure
Telecoms Should Actively Build Broadband Infrastructure Through Road Developments
Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist said telecoms should be right there alongside new road builds and improvements.
Infrastructure
Openreach Partners With STL For Fiber Build
Openreach aims to get 20 million fiber-to-the-premise connections by later this decade.
John Curtis
John Curtis, R-Utah, Opens Up About Future of Fiber and Broadband Challenges
Utah Republican Rep. John Curtis speaks about broadband rollout, education and bills more than a year into the pandemic.
Infrastructure
Broadband Breakfast Live Online Wednesday, April 28, 2021 – Today’s Infrastructure, Tomorrow’s Speeds
This installment of Broadband Breakfast Live Online explores innovative solutions that increase the capabilities of infrastructure already in place.
Infrastructure
Experts Weigh What Future Of Broadband Could Look Like Under Biden’s Infrastructure Plan
Experts at the Broadband Breakfast Live Online event debated what “future-proofing” broadband would look like.
Infrastructure
Silberman Dissent Rails Against Big Tech, Space Force Broadband, North Carolina Public Private Partnerships
March 29, 2021—Judge Laurence Silberman has worn many hats throughout his career—diplomat, lawyer, jurist—and he may now add “staunch critic of big tech” to his list of titles. Silberman wrote the dissenting opinion in Tah v. Global Witness Publishing, released on March 19 by the D.C. Circuit Court
EBB
Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr Optimistic About Finding Common Ground at Agency
March 24, 2021 — Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr said the regulator has since 2017 seen what he wanted: Broadband speed increases and lower prices. “The approach we adopted in 2017 is working,” he said at the Free State Foundation’s 13th annual telecom policy conference on Tuesday.
Fiber
Interview: Biarri Network’s Paul Sulisz on Broadband Opportunities and Challenges
March 4, 2021 – The broadband industry is better off getting ahead of network builds instead of waiting for government subsidies, CEO of Biarri Networks Paul Sulisz said in an interview with Broadband Breakfast. That would involve focusing on getting the right people connected with the right leaders
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 — Design, Product and Execution: 3 Essential Steps for Every RDOF Award Winner
Panelists include: Donny Smith, CEO of FiberSmith, Sandeep Dhingra, CTO of Network Services at STL, and Brian Regan, VP at Starry, and moderated by Drew Clark of Broadband Breakfast
Fiber
Telecom Act Boosters at INCOMPAS Summit Urge Broadband Boost and Net Neutrality Revival
February 8, 2021 – Washington insiders marked the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Telecommunications Act on Monday by discussing how broadband deployment must be a top priority for new government and regulatory administrations. The new-look White House and Federal Communications Commission ca
Infrastructure
Montana Democrats Push for Rural Broadband, Hints for Big Tech under Biden, Parler CEO Fired
February 8, 2021—Montana state Democrats have announced a legislative package that aims to fill the rural broadband gap. State Rep. Katie Sullivan has introduced LC 2670, a bill that would see the creation of either a broadband manager or an advisory board under the state’s executive. The goal of t
Infrastructure
Funding Should Focus on Fiber, and Deployment is Critical to Improving User Experience
February 2, 2021—With new leadership at the Federal Communications Commission, there is a strong probability that more agency focus and aid will be directed towards broadband deployment, advocates for broadband deployment said on January 26. They said that there is currently a great need for direct
Infrastructure
Considering the Geopolitics of the Internet Under the Biden Administration at State of the Net
January 27, 2021 – Keynoting Wednesday’s State of the Net Conference, former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell urged the new administration of Joe Biden to promote broadband, fiber, 5G wireless networks – as well as allowing consumers to move seamlessly across wired and wirel
Infrastructure
New Entrants in the Multifamily Broadband Space Create Policy Turnabouts and Clashes on Infrastructure
January 2, 2021 – Expect issues of broadband and multifamily housing to gain renewed attention in 2021. Watch for some strange alliances and interesting policy turnarounds. The subject matter is complicated because of both policy challenges and infrastructure issues associated with the inside wiring
