March 2021

Sponsor: 

Fiber Broadband Association

Date: 
Sun, 07/25/2021 - 13:00 to Wed, 07/28/2021 - 11:00

As the need for gigabit connectivity grows, so too does the Fiber Connect Conference & Exhibition. The 2021 edition of the event will offer new and unique opportunities for business development, market development, technology demonstration and peer-group interaction.



Analyzing FCC Broadband Expansion Funding by State

Do you know how much money your state is getting from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF)? We crunched the data to find out how much RDOF money each state will get to expand internet access to rural Americans, breaking it down to dollars per resident.

US Ignite and Project OVERCOME Select Seven Communities for National Science Foundation-Funded Broadband Awards

US Ignite awarded grants to seven communities for Project OVERCOME, a $2.7 million effort designed to connect the unconnected through novel broadband technology solutions. The U.S.

Biden broadband plan will be hated by big ISPs, welcomed by Internet users

The American Jobs Plan's $100 billion in broadband funding would be spread out over a number of years, as the entire jobs plan is slated to "invest about $2 trillion this decade." Municipally owned networks, nonprofits, and co-operatives would play a major role in the expansion. The broadband industry and Republicans have been fighting city-owned networks for years, and nearly 20 states have laws that restrict the growth of municipal broadband.