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May 2021

Sponsor 

Fiber Broadband Association and CommScope

Date 
Thu, 05/27/2021 - 12:00 to 13:00

A webinar with CommScope's Zoran Maricevic, Engineering Fellow, Access Technologies and CTO Network Solutions group.

This webinar will use real market examples going through broadband network's "business as usual" upgrades and compare those costs to the FTTP ones, both in CAPEX and OPEX. For OPEX, comparisons on network power consumption, material, and truck roll costs for actives, passives, fiber and coax maintenance, and the drop line maintenance and replacement will be given.


An update on Verizon’s Emergency Broadband Benefit program

Verizon strongly supports the Federal Communications Commission’s Emergency Broadband Benefit program, and we believe in giving our customers a wide range of choices to best fit their needs. To get our program up and running quickly, Verizon made all current Fios Mix & Match plans eligible for participants in the EBB. We believe our current in market Fios Mix & Match plans, which over one million customers enjoy today, offer the most choice at the best value. These plans include no extra fees and the ability to pay only for what’s needed.

Gigi Sohn Discusses Communications Policy Under Biden Administration

On March 10, Benton Senior Fellow and Public Advocate Gigi Sohn joined Womble Bond Dickinson’s Womble PRIDE, an affinity group for the firm’s LGBTQ+ team members and allies, and the National LGBT+ Bar Association for an in-depth look at how the Biden administration may reshape the communications landscape. Sohn discussed network neutrality under President Joe Biden, Section 230, and closing the digital divide.

Coalition to FCC: Broadband Subsidies Meant for Truly Unserved Areas, Not Some of Nation’s Most Well-Connected and Wealthy Communities

In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, a coalition of organizations noted widespread concerns about the accuracy of the FCC’s broadband maps and called the FCC’s attention to newly released information from the Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) that questions thousands of locations where significant Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (“RDOF”) funding is set to be awarded to subsidize areas that are served today. CCA found that subsidie

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