D.C. Memo: Roth's Speech Backing Technological Neutrality Hits a Nerve at Fiber Trade Group
FBA CEO Gary Bolton, hoping to trim Trump administration support for LEOs and FWA, calls fiber 'fundamentally different' from other broadband technologies and the 'foundational infrastructure'
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■ Report: Virginia Yanks RiverStreet’s Contracts to Connect 30,000 Locations
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■ Breezeline, Down 4,500 Broadband Subs, Sees Starlink Vying in Very Rural Areas
■ West Va. PSC to Spend $60 Million to Keep POTS Working
■ Slaughter: FTC Commissioners Just as Democratically Accountable as Trump?
■ Starship Flight 13 Aborted after Multiple Engine Failures on Texas Launch Pad
■ Verizon to Cut about 500 Corporate Jobs, Sell 274 Retail Stores
■ GCI’s 5G Network Now Reaches 83% of Alaskans
Fiber: NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth struck a nerve with the fiber establishment. In a July 16 statement, Fiber Broadband Association CEO Gary Bolton gave a ringing endorsement of fiber as a technology, saying it was “fundamentally different” and basically without peer in terms of throughput capabilities now and in the future. “Our nation should be investing in the infrastructure capable of supporting generations of innovation,” Bolton said. “Fiber has consistently proven to be that infrastructure, serving as the essential foundation upon which America’s digital economy is built and its AI-powered future will depend.” (More after paywall)
