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...

Service Providers, Communities Seek Partners, New Methods To Overcome Rural Broadband Challenges

At the Broadband Communities Virtual Summit 2020, participants shared stories about finding new methods to...