Digital Disruption, the Pandemic And What It Means to Carriers

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven carriers to provide the platform for essential services such as...

Fiber Trends: What 2021 Promises For the Broadband Industry

The 2021 broadband plans of incumbent telcos, independents, cable operators and electric co-ops will have...

On to Bigger and Better Things

As UpStream Network becomes part of Single Digits, the company becomes part of a large...

Bandwidth Hawk: FCC’s RDOF Auction Dissected

More than 5 million premises are likely to get broadband connectivity, but for some, it...

Editor’s Note: Only Connect

Broadband should bring people together, not drive them apart...

Cisco’s Software Vision Rises in Q2 as Core Infrastructure Business Lags

Cisco’s saw its mission to transform itself into a software and service subscriptions continue to...

Charter’s Rutledge: Our Long-Term Broadband Penetration, Position has Been Enhanced

Charter sees another quarter of rapid broadband growth. Cable MSO sets sights on deepening penetration...

From AT&T to Verizon: Sizing up Q4 Broadband 2020 Earnings 

The fourth-quarter 2020 earnings reporting season has begun, and Broadband Communities is tracking how key...

Bridging the Indoor, Outdoor Learning Experience With Fiber and VoIP: Windham Woods School

Windham Woods School employs FirstLight Fiber’s fiber-based internet and unified communications services to increase reliability...

MetroNet Technicians Get Hands-on Training – and Then Some

At MetroNet University, technicians are trained in a faux house to mount equipment, run wire...

Getting Ready for 10G in Cable Networks

The operational simplicity of capacity upgrades becomes increasingly important as bandwidth explodes...

2021 Buying for Ultra-Broadband Builds and Services

The best sources of equipment, software and services for delivering voice, video, data and more...

What the Broadband Industry Learned from COVID-19

A reflection on how networks coped with unprecedented challenges brought on by the pandemic, how...

Closing the K–12 Digital Divide in The Age of Distance Learning

Because of COVID-19 facility closures, 50 million K–12 public school students have had to learn...

Beyond Speed: Where Is the United States Going?

Americans know how to design and build fast networks. Now we need to identify how...

Open-Access Networks Make Smart Cities Viable

Open-access networks can make cities more efficient, environmentally friendly and desirable to prospective residents and...

Want to Compete on an Open-Access Network? Better Read This First!

To succeed on an open-access network, providers must treat customers well, assess the competition, and...

Fiber Connect: A Preview

In its annual conference, which will be held virtually from December 14–16, 2020, the Fiber...

Welcome to (Virtual) Fiber Connect!

This year’s event is our best ever – 30 sessions with more than 100 of...