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July 14, 2025 39 mins

Gary Bolton, President and CEO at Fiber Broadband Association, describes the role fiber plays in "Closing The Digital Divide"

Chapters

  • (00:00:00) - Broadband Infrastructure: The Tech You Need to Know
  • (00:00:47) - Closing the Digital Divide
  • (00:03:14) - Fiber Broadband: Its Role in Closing the Digital Divide
  • (00:04:43) - Why is fiber the gold standard for broadband infrastructure?
  • (00:07:20) - Federal broadband programs have struggled
  • (00:13:02) - NTIA: Technology Neutral vs Fiber Priorities
  • (00:18:37) - How to Support Fiber Deployment in Rural Communities
  • (00:23:48) - Economic impacts of fiber deployment
  • (00:26:39) - Broadband connectivity in rural areas
  • (00:29:23) - How does fiber deployment today prepare communities for emerging technologies?
  • (00:32:16) - WSJD Live: Workforce Development
  • (00:36:27) - A Taste of Alaska
  • (00:37:02) - Fiber Broadband Association
  • (00:39:05) - Getting Everyone Connected With Fiber
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