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Editor's Note: Permitting Consistency Needed to Ease Broadband Builds

Permitting delays can inhibit competition in high-density areas.

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Work-from-Home Doubled to More than 20% Post-COVID-19 – but Not Everyplace

Almost everybody has a facile opinion about the future of remote work. It turns out that the future will vary widely by industry and job function, existing housing stock, a region’s workforce age and household size. Here’s a roadmap. I’ll show the way in even greater detail in future issues.

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What Is Our Air Broadband?

Just as the Air Jordan brand catapulted Nike to new heights in the shoe industry, broadband providers need to embrace big, innovative, unique ideas to stand out from the crowd in the MDU world.

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Hot Topics from the 2023 Broadband Communities Summit Multifamily Track

From bulk vs. managed Wi-Fi to PropTech marketing, the multifamily track sessions were chock-full of helpful information.

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What Will Fiber Disrupt Next? Find Out at Fiber Connect 2023

Fiber Connect 2023 will bring together industry leaders and others who want to learn about the possibilities and challenges of building fiber-based broadband for homes and businesses.

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Georgia’s Covington Town Center Makes Fiber Connectivity a Community Thread

Covington Town Center near Atlanta has adopted AT&T’s fiber-based broadband services to create an environment in which residents and business customers can thrive. Broadband Communities thanks Harry E. Kitchen, Jr., president of The Foxfield Company, and AT&T for help gathering information for this profile.

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Westminster Fiber Network in Maryland Sets Growth Path

In partnership with Ting, the Westminster Fiber Network is thriving thanks to careful planning, hard work and luck.

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Where Next for PON/FTTH?

The evolution of PON last-mile access networks can support high-capacity business services.

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Investing in the Right Vendors Can Enhance Broadband Deployments

By adopting a multivendor approach using vendors from the same geographical region, providers will gain critical support, avoid numerous risks and overcome logistical and supply-chain issues.

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Providers, Regulators Vie for Consistent Broadband Permitting

Uncoordinated and slow permitting processes could have a chilling effect on service providers and communities seeking to expand broadband to more homes and businesses.

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MSOs at the Ready

Cable MSOs, which have focused on upgrading existing infrastructure, may have a competitive advantage in overcoming local and state permitting obstacles to expand broadband availability.

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Broadband Communities’ Showcase of Innovative, New and Outstanding Technologies and Services

The latest offerings from top suppliers and distributors helping keep the broadband installation boom from going bust.

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Supporting the Broadband Needs of Modern (or Modernized) MDU Buildings with Wireless Backhaul for Interior Spaces

New all-wireless backhaul/backbone networks help deliver today’s digital/smart world to new and upgraded MDUs.

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Home IoT Devices, Remote Work Drive New Revenue Streams for Broadband Operators

New cybersecurity solutions for home networks need to address consumer privacy and security concerns without compromising internet experience.

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Communities, MDU Owners Overcome New Challenges to Narrow the Digital Divide

Last year, Broadband Communities Summit attendees anticipated soon-to-flow federal and state money. This year, the Summit provided a space to prepare for those now in-process developments and covered issues well beyond the deployment of high-speed broadband. Affordability and access to training and devices were all part of a broad push toward digital inclusion and digital equity. Following are some highlights.

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Get Connected at More Broadband Showstopper Events

The 2023 Broadband Communities Summit paved the way. Now consider these top events to learn even more about opportunities for funding, investment, deployment and technology innovation.

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Southwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation (STEMC) Overcomes Challenging Tornado Restoration

The rural Tennessee electric cooperative leverages Render software platforms to rapidly restore broadband and pivot from construction to tornado restoration.

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