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Broadband Added to Trump’s Infrastructure Proposal

The Fiber Broadband Association welcomes President Trump’s announcement that broadband support will be added to his $1 trillion infrastructure proposal, not just to enhance service in urban areas but, as the President said, “to promote and foster enhanced broadband access for rural areas also.”

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Citizens Telephone Cooperative Taps CHR Solutions for Multi-Year FTTH Engineering Services Engagement

CHR Solutions, a communications industry leader in network infrastructure engineering was recently selected as the outside plant engineering partner for Citizens Telephone Cooperative of Floyd, Virginia

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Update from the Public Policy Committee

Fiber Broadband Association is well positioned and has built an extremely strong record with the intellectual property that we’ve generated as an Association with our research, whitepapers and multi-stakeholder domain expertise. The following (below) is a quick update on policy framework and progre

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Fiber Broadband Association Calls on FCC to Remove Barriers to Infrastructure Investment and Accelerate Wireline Broadband Deployment

FBA commends the FCC's effort to explore ways to remove burdensome regulations and other barriers inhibiting broadband deployment nationwide, which is essential to accelerate the deployment of next generation networks.

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Fiber Broadband Association Commends Nomination of Jessica Rosenworcel as FCC Commissioner

The Fiber Broadband Association welcomes the news that Jessica Rosenworcel, who served as FCC Commissioner from 2012 to 2016, has been renominated for the position by President Trump.

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Fiber Broadband Association Issues Industry Update

Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) and RVA, LLC presented on the state of the fiber broadband industry in North America. The presentation highlighted the record growth in the deployment of Fiber to the Home (FTTH) networks.

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Fiber Broadband Association Recognizes Award Recipients During 2017 Fiber Connect Conference

This week, the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) held the 2017 Fiber Connect Conference and Expo, joined by over 1,400 FTTH professionals across the fiber industry. As part of the annual event, the Fiber Broadband Association honored the extraordinary organizations and individuals...

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Fiber Broadband Association Announces Our Newest Member, Quanta Services

Washington, D.C. (June, 12, 2017) — Today the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) is pleased to welcome Quanta Services as a member. The Fiber Broadband Association welcomes members from all companies involved in supporting the deployment of all-fiber, future-proof networks.

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Demand Proven by COS Service Zones Guides Spiral Internet as They Connect Nevada County

It’s a fantastic feeling to get the final preparations done for our soon-to-be gigabit fiber optic network deployment” says Spiral Internet CEO John Paul

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Sonoma County, CA Contracts with Magellan Advisors to Develop Broadband Plan

Sonoma County, CA has engaged Magellan Advisors, the nation’s leading broadband and smart city consulting firm to assist the County in developing a Broadband Strategic Plan

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BURLINGTON TELECOM: Liberty House of Cambrian Rise to Become the First Gigabit Building in Burlington

Gigabit internet is no longer a luxury amenity. It’s as essential a utility as electricity or water. Burlington is increasingly focused on earning a reputation as an innovative tech hub. 21st Century workers are tech-savvy professionals, consultants and telecommuters

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Marketbroadband.com Offers Tailored Marketing Program for COS Service Zones Demand Aggregation Campaigns

With COS Service Zones you want to engage with the local Champions, grassroots who are willing to help you rally their neighbors to sign up for your services and get the word-of-mouth about the build-out going on Social Media etc.

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BICSI Continuing Education Credit Available at 2017 Fiber Connect

2017 Fiber Connect for BICSI Continuing Education Credits (CECs). Attendees who participate in the full conference programs will be eligible to earn nine BICSI CECs towards top-notch upgrades to your industry knowledge, company professional stature.

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New Evidence: Fiber Accelerates Local Economies

A new study by RVA, LLC for the Fiber Broadband Association links widely available fiber to the home service to more jobs, a better economy and new business formation.

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Culver City, CA Engages Magellan Advisors for Broadband Consulting

The City of Culver City, CA has engaged Magellan Advisors, the nation’s leading broadband and smart city consulting firm, to assist the City in its broadband policy development and strategic planning related to its municipal fiber network. Magellan’s California team of Senior Consultants are leadin

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2017 Fiber Connect Spotlight: Leading Best Practices in Deployment

In just a few weeks, we’ll be meeting in Orlando at Fiber Connect 2017 — and we’re excited to explore strategies and technologies affecting the design, development, and deployment of all-fiber networks, with a focus on today’s hardware, software, and best practices.

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FCC Taps Fiber Broadband Association President for Broadband Deployment Advisory Council

This week, FCC Chair Ajit Pai named Heather Burnett Gold, President & CEO of the Fiber Broadband Association to the Broadband Deployment Advisory Council, which is charged with advising on how to enable and create incentives for broadband infrastructure deployment. The group, which also includes F

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BARC Connects Strengthens Broadband Portfolio With Alianza VoIP Solution

Alianza Inc., the cloud voice platform company, announced today that BARC Connects, a wholly owned broadband subsidiary of Virginia-based BARC Electric Cooperative, has selected Alianza’s Cloud Voice Platform to launch a full suite of residential and commercial phone services.

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FCC ANNOUNCES TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR MAY OPEN MEETING

WASHINGTON, April 27, 2017 – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced that the following items are tentatively on the agenda for the May Open Commission Meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 18, 2017:

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2017 Fiber Connect Spotlight

A spotlight on the new and emerging technology track at 2017 Fiber Connect in Orlando, June 12-14. Join us for innovations, new products and processes that make deploying fiber faster, that drive down costs, that extend connectivity into entirely new industries.

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Magellan Leads the Nation in New Fiber To The Home Deployments Across Three States

Magellan Advisors is providing turnkey implementation services for three new fiber to the home deployments across the US.

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Verizon launches Fios Gigabit Connection service delivering millions of customers the speeds they deserve

Verizon today launched Fios Gigabit Connection – the nation's largest deployment of gigabit Internet connection service. Fios Gigabit Connection provides downloads as fast as 940 Mbps and uploads as fast as 880 Mbps.

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Fiber Broadband Association’s Statement on the FCC’s Orders on Business Data Services and Wireline Infrastructure Deployment

The Fiber Broadband Association and its members applaud Chairman Pai and his colleagues on the important steps taken today in accelerating our connected future by looking to remove barriers to investment in and deployment of faster, fiber-fed networks

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STATEMENT OF FCC CHAIRMAN AJIT PAI ON $1.05 BILLION FIBER PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS AND CORNING

The FCC has already taken significant actions to promote greater capital expenditure on broadband deployment, from reducing regulatory barriers to wiser spending of federal subsidies for buildout.

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Magellan Advisors to Develop Fiber to the Premise Feasibility Study for Johnson City Power Board, Johnson City, Tennessee.

The Johnson City Power Board, TN has engaged Magellan Advisors, the nation’s leading broadband and smart city consulting firm, to assist the Utility in developing a Fiber and Wireless to the Premise (FTTP) Feasibility Study. Magellan’s Tennessee team of Senior Consultants are leading the efforts to