Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) and special guest Jason Livingood (Comcast) to talk how cable network operators are innovating to reduce latency, combat buffer bloat, and improve their networks around the county. Join us live on February 21 at 2pm ET, or listen afterwards wherever you get your podcasts.

Join us live on February 21 at 2pm ET, or listen afterwards wherever you get your podcasts.

Email us at broadband@communitynets.org with feedback and ideas for the show.

Subscribe to the show using this feed or find it on the Connect This! page, and watch on LinkedIn, on YouTube Live, on Facebook live, or below.

Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) along with special guest Paul Dickinson (Dura-line, Fiber Optic Sensing Association, and Aii) to talk about the future of fiber optic sensing to do everything from avoid fiber cuts from construction equipment to monitor traffic to detect pipeline leakages. They also hit a grab-bag of other topics, including:

• Arielle Roth's nomination to NTIA
• The AI bubble hitting middle-mile builders
• The FCC reversing course on its efforts to protect renters' access to a competitive broadband market
• FWA providers going in on serving those living in mobile home parks
• Who owns the Internet?

Join us live on February 7th at 2pm ET, or listen afterwards wherever you get your podcasts.

Email us at broadband@communitynets.org with feedback and ideas for the show.

Subscribe to the show using this feed or find it on the Connect This! page, and watch on LinkedIn, on YouTube Live, on Facebook live, or below.

This show was more technical than is usual, even for Connect This!. See transcript below. Some additional resources mentioned in the episode include:

Smarter Infrastructure through Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing with Paul Dickinson

Fiber Broadband Association Awards Concepts that Advance Subscriber Experience at Fiber Connect 2024

G.652.D vs G.657.A1 vs G.657.A2 Fiber Optic Cabling: What’s the Difference?

A New Class of Sensing Products for DAS – AcoustiSens® Wideband Vibration Sensor Fibers and Cables

AcoustiSens® Wideband Vibration Sensor Fiber

The Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure

Common Ground Alliance

Fiber Deployment Cost Annual Report, 2024

Meet the crypto officers: How the internet is controlled by 14 people with seven secret keys

Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) along with special guest Paul Dickinson (Dura-line, Fiber Optic Sensing Association, and Aii) to talk about the future of fiber optic sensing to do everything from avoid fiber cuts from construction equipment to monitor traffic to detect pipeline leakages. They also hit a grab-bag of other topics, including:

• Arielle Roth's nomination to NTIA
• The AI bubble hitting middle-mile builders
• The FCC reversing course on its efforts to protect renters' access to a competitive broadband market
• FWA providers going in on serving those living in mobile home parks
• Who owns the Internet?

Join us live on February 7th at 2pm ET, or listen afterwards wherever you get your podcasts.

Email us at broadband@communitynets.org with feedback and ideas for the show.

Subscribe to the show using this feed or find it on the Connect This! page, and watch on LinkedIn, on YouTube Live, on Facebook live, or below.

This show was more technical than is usual, even for Connect This!. See transcript below. Some additional resources mentioned in the episode include:

Smarter Infrastructure through Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing with Paul Dickinson

Fiber Broadband Association Awards Concepts that Advance Subscriber Experience at Fiber Connect 2024

G.652.D vs G.657.A1 vs G.657.A2 Fiber Optic Cabling: What’s the Difference?

A New Class of Sensing Products for DAS – AcoustiSens® Wideband Vibration Sensor Fibers and Cables

AcoustiSens® Wideband Vibration Sensor Fiber

The Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure

Common Ground Alliance

Fiber Deployment Cost Annual Report, 2024

Meet the crypto officers: How the internet is controlled by 14 people with seven secret keys

Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) along with special guest Paul Dickinson (Dura-line, Fiber Optic Sensing Association, and Aii) to talk about the future of fiber optic sensing to do everything from avoid fiber cuts from construction equipment to monitor traffic to detect pipeline leakages. They also hit a grab-bag of other topics, including:

• Arielle Roth's nomination to NTIA
• The AI bubble hitting middle-mile builders
• The FCC reversing course on its efforts to protect renters' access to a competitive broadband market
• FWA providers going in on serving those living in mobile home parks
• Who owns the Internet?

Join us live on February 7th at 2pm ET, or listen afterwards wherever you get your podcasts.

Email us at broadband@communitynets.org with feedback and ideas for the show.

Subscribe to the show using this feed or find it on the Connect This! page, and watch on LinkedIn, on YouTube Live, on Facebook live, or below.

This show was more technical than is usual, even for Connect This!. See transcript below. Some additional resources mentioned in the episode include:

Smarter Infrastructure through Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing with Paul Dickinson

Fiber Broadband Association Awards Concepts that Advance Subscriber Experience at Fiber Connect 2024

G.652.D vs G.657.A1 vs G.657.A2 Fiber Optic Cabling: What’s the Difference?

A New Class of Sensing Products for DAS – AcoustiSens® Wideband Vibration Sensor Fibers and Cables

AcoustiSens® Wideband Vibration Sensor Fiber

The Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure

Common Ground Alliance

Fiber Deployment Cost Annual Report, 2024

Meet the crypto officers: How the internet is controlled by 14 people with seven secret keys

Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) along with special guest Paul Dickinson (Dura-line, Fiber Optic Sensing Association, and Aii) to talk about the future of fiber optic sensing to do everything from avoid fiber cuts from construction equipment to monitor traffic to detect pipeline leakages. They also hit a grab-bag of other topics, including:

• Arielle Roth's nomination to NTIA
• The AI bubble hitting middle-mile builders
• The FCC reversing course on its efforts to protect renters' access to a competitive broadband market
• FWA providers going in on serving those living in mobile home parks
• Who owns the Internet?

Join us live on February 7th at 2pm ET, or listen afterwards wherever you get your podcasts.

Email us at broadband@communitynets.org with feedback and ideas for the show.

Subscribe to the show using this feed or find it on the Connect This! page, and watch on LinkedIn, on YouTube Live, on Facebook live, or below.

This show was more technical than is usual, even for Connect This!. See transcript below. Some additional resources mentioned in the episode include:

Smarter Infrastructure through Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing with Paul Dickinson

Fiber Broadband Association Awards Concepts that Advance Subscriber Experience at Fiber Connect 2024

G.652.D vs G.657.A1 vs G.657.A2 Fiber Optic Cabling: What’s the Difference?

A New Class of Sensing Products for DAS – AcoustiSens® Wideband Vibration Sensor Fibers and Cables

AcoustiSens® Wideband Vibration Sensor Fiber

The Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure

Common Ground Alliance

Fiber Deployment Cost Annual Report, 2024

Meet the crypto officers: How the internet is controlled by 14 people with seven secret keys

Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) along with special guest Paul Dickinson (Dura-line, Fiber Optic Sensing Association, and Aii) to talk about the future of fiber optic sensing to do everything from avoid fiber cuts from construction equipment to monitor traffic to detect pipeline leakages. They also hit a grab-bag of other topics, including:

• Arielle Roth's nomination to NTIA
• The AI bubble hitting middle-mile builders
• The FCC reversing course on its efforts to protect renters' access to a competitive broadband market
• FWA providers going in on serving those living in mobile home parks
• Who owns the Internet?

Join us live on February 7th at 2pm ET, or listen afterwards wherever you get your podcasts.

Email us at broadband@communitynets.org with feedback and ideas for the show.

Subscribe to the show using this feed or find it on the Connect This! page, and watch on LinkedIn, on YouTube Live, on Facebook live, or below.

This show was more technical than is usual, even for Connect This!. See transcript below. Some additional resources mentioned in the episode include:

Smarter Infrastructure through Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing with Paul Dickinson

Fiber Broadband Association Awards Concepts that Advance Subscriber Experience at Fiber Connect 2024

G.652.D vs G.657.A1 vs G.657.A2 Fiber Optic Cabling: What’s the Difference?

A New Class of Sensing Products for DAS – AcoustiSens® Wideband Vibration Sensor Fibers and Cables

AcoustiSens® Wideband Vibration Sensor Fiber

The Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure

Common Ground Alliance

Fiber Deployment Cost Annual Report, 2024

Meet the crypto officers: How the internet is controlled by 14 people with seven secret keys

Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) along with special guest Paul Dickinson (Dura-line, Fiber Optic Sensing Association, and Aii) to talk about the future of fiber optic sensing to do everything from avoid fiber cuts from construction equipment to monitor traffic to detect pipeline leakages. They also hit a grab-bag of other topics, including:

• Arielle Roth's nomination to NTIA
• The AI bubble hitting middle-mile builders
• The FCC reversing course on its efforts to protect renters' access to a competitive broadband market
• FWA providers going in on serving those living in mobile home parks
• Who owns the Internet?

Join us live on February 7th at 2pm ET, or listen afterwards wherever you get your podcasts.

Email us at broadband@communitynets.org with feedback and ideas for the show.

Subscribe to the show using this feed or find it on the Connect This! page, and watch on LinkedIn, on YouTube Live, on Facebook live, or below.

This show was more technical than is usual, even for Connect This!. See transcript below. Some additional resources mentioned in the episode include:

Smarter Infrastructure through Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing with Paul Dickinson

Fiber Broadband Association Awards Concepts that Advance Subscriber Experience at Fiber Connect 2024

G.652.D vs G.657.A1 vs G.657.A2 Fiber Optic Cabling: What’s the Difference?

A New Class of Sensing Products for DAS – AcoustiSens® Wideband Vibration Sensor Fibers and Cables

AcoustiSens® Wideband Vibration Sensor Fiber

The Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure

Common Ground Alliance

Fiber Deployment Cost Annual Report, 2024

Meet the crypto officers: How the internet is controlled by 14 people with seven secret keys

Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) along with special guest Paul Dickinson (Dura-line, Fiber Optic Sensing Association, and Aii) to talk about the future of fiber optic sensing to do everything from avoid fiber cuts from construction equipment to monitor traffic to detect pipeline leakages. They also hit a grab-bag of other topics, including:

• Arielle Roth's nomination to NTIA
• The AI bubble hitting middle-mile builders
• The FCC reversing course on its efforts to protect renters' access to a competitive broadband market
• FWA providers going in on serving those living in mobile home parks
• Who owns the Internet?

Join us live on February 7th at 2pm ET, or listen afterwards wherever you get your podcasts.

Email us at broadband@communitynets.org with feedback and ideas for the show.

Subscribe to the show using this feed or find it on the Connect This! page, and watch on LinkedIn, on YouTube Live, on Facebook live, or below.

This show was more technical than is usual, even for Connect This!. See transcript below. Some additional resources mentioned in the episode include:

Smarter Infrastructure through Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing with Paul Dickinson

Fiber Broadband Association Awards Concepts that Advance Subscriber Experience at Fiber Connect 2024

G.652.D vs G.657.A1 vs G.657.A2 Fiber Optic Cabling: What’s the Difference?

A New Class of Sensing Products for DAS – AcoustiSens® Wideband Vibration Sensor Fibers and Cables

AcoustiSens® Wideband Vibration Sensor Fiber

The Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure

Common Ground Alliance

Fiber Deployment Cost Annual Report, 2024

Meet the crypto officers: How the internet is controlled by 14 people with seven secret keys

Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) along with special guest Paul Dickinson (Dura-line, Fiber Optic Sensing Association, and Aii) to talk about the future of fiber optic sensing to do everything from avoid fiber cuts from construction equipment to monitor traffic to detect pipeline leakages. They also hit a grab-bag of other topics, including:

• Arielle Roth's nomination to NTIA
• The AI bubble hitting middle-mile builders
• The FCC reversing course on its efforts to protect renters' access to a competitive broadband market
• FWA providers going in on serving those living in mobile home parks
• Who owns the Internet?

Join us live on February 7th at 2pm ET, or listen afterwards wherever you get your podcasts.

Email us at broadband@communitynets.org with feedback and ideas for the show.

Subscribe to the show using this feed or find it on the Connect This! page, and watch on LinkedIn, on YouTube Live, on Facebook live, or below.

This show was more technical than is usual, even for Connect This!. See transcript below. Some additional resources mentioned in the episode include:

Smarter Infrastructure through Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing with Paul Dickinson

Fiber Broadband Association Awards Concepts that Advance Subscriber Experience at Fiber Connect 2024

G.652.D vs G.657.A1 vs G.657.A2 Fiber Optic Cabling: What’s the Difference?

A New Class of Sensing Products for DAS – AcoustiSens® Wideband Vibration Sensor Fibers and Cables

AcoustiSens® Wideband Vibration Sensor Fiber

The Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure

Common Ground Alliance

Fiber Deployment Cost Annual Report, 2024

Meet the crypto officers: How the internet is controlled by 14 people with seven secret keys

Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) along with special guest Paul Dickinson (Dura-line, Fiber Optic Sensing Association, and Aii) to talk about the future of fiber optic sensing to do everything from avoid fiber cuts from construction equipment to monitor traffic to detect pipeline leakages. They also hit a grab-bag of other topics, including:

• Arielle Roth's nomination to NTIA
• The AI bubble hitting middle-mile builders
• The FCC reversing course on its efforts to protect renters' access to a competitive broadband market
• FWA providers going in on serving those living in mobile home parks
• Who owns the Internet?

Join us live on February 7th at 2pm ET, or listen afterwards wherever you get your podcasts.

Email us at broadband@communitynets.org with feedback and ideas for the show.

Subscribe to the show using this feed or find it on the Connect This! page, and watch on LinkedIn, on YouTube Live, on Facebook live, or below.

This show was more technical than is usual, even for Connect This!. See transcript below. Some additional resources mentioned in the episode include:

Smarter Infrastructure through Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing with Paul Dickinson

Fiber Broadband Association Awards Concepts that Advance Subscriber Experience at Fiber Connect 2024

G.652.D vs G.657.A1 vs G.657.A2 Fiber Optic Cabling: What’s the Difference?

A New Class of Sensing Products for DAS – AcoustiSens® Wideband Vibration Sensor Fibers and Cables

AcoustiSens® Wideband Vibration Sensor Fiber

The Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure

Common Ground Alliance

Fiber Deployment Cost Annual Report, 2024

Meet the crypto officers: How the internet is controlled by 14 people with seven secret keys