FBA in the News

April 2021

• Podcast: The Divide – Fiber Broadband Association's Gary Bolton on the 'good news, good news' for fiber – Light Reading – April 1, 2021

• BBWN Bites: 300-plus providers to participate in Emergency Broadband Benefit Program – Broadband World News – April 2, 2021
• LEO Satellites: A Path to Nowhere? – Broadband Communities – April 3, 2021
• Rural Communities Launch Publicly Owned Fiber Networks – Broadband Communities – April 4, 2021
• America's $100 billion broadband surge - Fiber Broadband Association's Gary Bolton – Converge Network Digest – April 4, 2021
• Next-Gen Infrastructure: America's $100 Billion Broadband Surge – Next-Gen Infrastructure – April 4, 2021
• Broadband Breakfast Live Online Wednesday, April 7, 2021 – How to Spend Broadband Infrastructure – Broadband Breakfast – April 6, 2021
• Next-Gen Infrastructure: America's $100 Billion Broadband Surge - Converge! Network Digest - April 6, 2021
• Rural broadband: How big a deal is this? - Broadband Infrastructure – April 6, 2021
  
• Experts Weigh What Future Of Broadband Could Look Like Under Biden’s Infrastructure Plan – Broadband Breakfast – April 8, 2021

• SpaceX's Starlink: Overhyped and underpowered to meet broadband needs of Rural America, say analysts – The Register – April 9, 2021

• Fiber internet adds value, commands top dollar in home sales – Windstream Blog – April 10, 2021

• Does this Tennessee city have the blueprint to solve the digital divide? – All Connect Blog – April 11, 2021

• Fiber for Breakfast – Telecom Review – April 11, 2021

• ‘There is just not service’: COVID-19 pandemic spurs internet expansion efforts in rural Pennsylvania – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – April 12, 2021
• AT&T will pump $2B in funds toward closing the digital divide - Fierce Telecom - April 14, 2021
• EVENT April 15: Roundtable on Current, Ongoing Broadband Legislation - Blandin Foundation - April 15, 2021
• BBWN Bites: Satellite broadband market to generate $4.1B in 2026 – report – Broadband World News – April 16, 2021
• LEO Satellite Broadband Forecast: Over 5 Million Subscribers by 2026 – Telecompetitor – April 16, 2021

• Government Broadband Funding: Experts Discuss What’s on Tap – Telecompetitor – April 16, 2021

• Gary Bolton: Satellite’s Polite Conceit of Unserved/Underserved – Broadband Breakfast – April 19, 2021

March 2021

• Fiber Broadband Association Endorsement - March, 1 2021

• Fiber Connect delayed until July 2021 in Nashville, TN – Cabling Installation & Maintenance – March 4, 2021  

• Broadband Speed Definition, Boom in Fiber Deployment, $7.6 Billion in New Stimulus Bill - March 4, 2021

• Fiber Connect delayed until July 25-28, 2021 – Broadband Tech Report – March 4, 2021

• Fiber Connect conference moved to Nashville July 2021 – Lightwave – March 4, 2021

• Fiber Investment Forecast: More than $60B in Next Five Years for FTTH – Telecompetitor – March 4, 2021

• Broadband Speed Definition, Boom in Fiber Deployment, $7.6 Billion in New Stimulus Bill – Broadband Breakfast – March 4, 2021

• Back on the in-Person Conference Circuit – Cablefax – March 5, 2021

• Fiber Broadband Association forecasts massive investment by U.S. service providers - Suboptic - March 5, 2021

• Fiber Broadband Association forecasts massive investment by US Service Providers – Total Telecom – March 5, 2021

• Fiber Broadband Association forecasts massive investment by U.S. service providers – Asian Poly Glot View – March 5, 2021
• Fiber Broadband Association forecasts massive investment by U.S. service providers – Suboptics – March 5, 2021
• Critics take aim at SpaceX’s Starlink, Amazon’s Project Kuiper and other satellite constellations – Geekwire – March 11, 2021
• New FTTH Project in USA of $60 billion : More Job Expectations – Technopedia – March 13, 2021
• 5G Wireless...Isn't – Broadband Infrastructure Blog – March 17, 2021
• This is Going to be the Largest Fiber Investment Year in History (Podcast) – Telecompetitor – March 19, 2021
• Nashville gets conference due to COVID measures – The Nashville Ledger – March 19, 2021
• AAIA Act Would Award $80B for Gigabit Broadband, FBA Calls for Fiber First – Telecompetitor – March 22, 2021
• 2021 FTTXcellence Award nomination period opens – Lightwave – March 29, 2021
• FBA’s 2021 priorities include workforce training, education – FierceTelecom – March 29, 2021
• AT&T Weighs in on Broadband Speed Definition, Argues Against Rural Symmetrical Fiber Broadband – Light Reading – March 29, 2021

February 2021

• Telecom players urge Biden, Congress to boost workforce development – RCR Wireless, February 1, 2021

• Google Fiber’s Un-Cable Provider Approach Sets Focus on Customer Experience-service-approach – Broadband Communities – February 7, 2021

• Fiber, telco pressure groups say Starlink faces capacity shortfall – Light Reading – February 8, 2021

• NTCA, Fiber Broadband Association diss Starlink's RDOF prospects – FierceTelecom – February 8, 2021
• More RDOF Questions over Starlink – Cablefax – February 8, 2021
• Ufinet and ETB build largest fibre optic network in Bogotá – Capacity Media – February 9, 2021
• NTCA, Fiber Broadband Association diss Starlink's RDOF prospects – Benton Institute for Broadband & Society – February 9, 2021
• Fiber Broadband Assn, NTCA questions Starlink capacity to deliver rural broadband – Telecompaper – February 9, 2021
• Telecom Industry Calls for Broadband Workforce Development – AGL Media Group – February 9, 2021
• Report Argues SpaceX Starlink RDOF Customers Likely to Receive Inferior Service – Telecompetitor – February 9, 2021
• Starlink May ‘Face a Capacity Shortfall by 2028’ on RDOF, Say FBA, NTCA – Washington Internet Daily – February 9, 2021
• ISPs step up fight against SpaceX, tell FCC that Starlink will be too slow – Ars Technica – February 9, 2021
• Fibre Broadband Association Challenges Starink’s Capacity to Deliver – ISP Review – February 9, 2021
• FBA, NTCA Help FCC to Evaluate LEO Satellite RDOF Apps – TelecomDrive – February 9, 2021
• ISPs step up fight against SpaceX, tell FCC that Starlink will be too slow – Technology Breaking News – February 9, 2021
• ETB partners to create a neutral fiber optic network in Bogotá – Telesemana – February 9, 2021
• Starlink May ‘Face a Capacity Shortfall by 2028’ on RDOF, Say FBA, NTCA – Communications Daily – February 10, 2021
• Traditional Internet Providers Say SpaceX’s Starlink Stinks, Beginning a New Battle – Observer – February 10, 2021
• Elon Musk’s Starlink opposed by ISP groups over slow internet speed concerns – Teslarati – February 10, 2021
• Traditional Internet Providers Say SpaceX’s Starlink Stinks, Beginning a New Battle – Eagles Vine – February 10, 2021
• Starlink broadens its scope – Broadband World News – February 10, 2021
• Starlink opens up $99 pre-orders for satellite broadband service – Light Reading – February 10, 2021
• The biggest RDOF winner LTD Broadband responds to naysayers – FierceTelecom – February 11, 2021
• ISPs step up fight against SpaceX, tell FCC that Starlink will be too slow – News Net Daily – February 11, 2021
• Associations Ask If Starlink™ Will Meet Federal Broadband Requirements – Inside Towers – February 16, 2021
• Q&A with Gary Bolton of the Fiber Broadband Association - On Making Fiber-Based Broadband the Nation’s Priority - On Making Fiber-Based Broadband the Nation’s Priority – February 18, 2021
• Fiber Trends: What 2021 Promises For the Broadband Industry – Broadband Communities – February 18, 2021
• Fiber Broadband Association Expands Leadership Team – Broadband Communities – February 23, 2021
• Fiber Broadband Association expands leadership team – Broadband World News – February 23, 2021
• Fiber Broadband Association expands leadership team to meet industry demand – Cabling Installation & Maintenance – February 23, 2021
• Fiber Broadband Association expands leadership team to meet industry demand – Structured Cabling News – February 25, 2021

January 2021

• Telecom Industry Wants Federal Broadband Initiatives to Support Training – Telecompetitor, January 27, 2021
• US Telco’s call on White House to focus on skills training when improving infrastructure – Telecompaper, January 28, 2021
• Telecom Unites to Press White House, Congress on Workforce Development – Inside Towers, January 28, 2021

October 2020

• High-Speed Broadband for MDUs: A Look at Today’s Options Share - Broadband Communities - Joan Engebretson - October 9, 2020

• ‘Just Good Enough’ Broadband Isn’t Good Enough - Morning Consult - Lisa Youngers & Shirley Bloomfield - October 6, 2020

• COS Systems Acquired by Pivot Partners, Google Fiber Gets Back to Work, Traverse City Launches Ultra-Fast Network - Broadband Breakfast - Liana Sowa - October 5, 2020

September 2020

• STL strengthens global leadership team to drive the next phase of growth - PR Newswire - September 23, 2020
• Sterlite Tech expands teams in Americas, Europe and Asia markets - ET Telecom - September 23, 2020

August 2020

• Everything You Wanted To Know About Broadband (But Were Afraid To Ask) - Benton Institute for Broadband & Society - Christopher Ali - August 31, 2020
• Fiber Optic Sensing Technology Promotes Safety, Efficiency and Education - Broadband Breakfast - Jericho Casper - August 27, 2020
• Ubiquitous Fiber Infrastructure is Essential to Maximize the Advantages of 5G, According to WIA Report - Broadband Breakfast - Jericho Casper - August 20, 2020
  

• Column: Invest in infrastructure to connect all, foster digital land of opportunity - Columbus Dispatch - Tom Reiman - August 19, 2020

• Smithville Manager Honored - Inside Indiana Business - Theresa Wells-Ditton - August 12, 2020

• Dallas Fed: Universal access to broadband is a cornerstone to a strong economy - The Dallas Morning News - Alfreda B. Norman - August 2, 2020

July 2020

• To Reduce Network Operating Expenses, Choose FTTH - Broadband Communities - Masha Zager - July 24, 2020

• Community Broadband Will Make the Internet Cheaper for Us All - Gizmodo - Joanna Nelius - July 21, 2020
  

• Facebook built a new fiber-spinning robot to make internet service cheaper - CNET - Shara Tibken & Queenie Wong - July 13, 2020

• Congress Introduces Rural Broadband Acceleration Act to Speed Deployment During Pandemic - Community Networks - Katie Kienbaum - July 10, 2020
• China is Dumping Fiber Optic Cables in the U.S. Market, Commerce Official Says - Nextgov - Miriam Baksh - July 9, 2020

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