On today’s podcast – we welcome back a great guest from Season 4, the CEO of Fiber Fast Homes, a company that works directly with real estate developers and builders to connect homes and rental buildings to lightning-fast internet.

Learn about the importance of pre-wiring new homes, whether MDUs or single-family developments, and why it is becoming paramount. Hear about the peculiarities of this task, the role of the HOA, and how this will prepare infrastructure for the next generation of connectivity.

Recommended Links:
Fiber Fast Homes Website

Scott Sampson's LinkedIn

On today’s episode of the Connected Nation Podcast, we  tackle what can be done to mitigate threats to our nation’s internet networks – during natural disasters including an increase in cyberthreats.
 
We invite on leadership from Windstream Enterprise about the unique approach the company takes to stave off bad weather and bad actors during difficult times.

Recommended Links:
Windstream's Website
Art Nichols' LinkedIn
NOAA hurricane season predictions - https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaa-predicts-above-normal-2024-atlantic-hurricane-season

In 2019, it was estimated that Detroit was the least connected city in the U.S. with greater than 100,000 households.*  On this episode of Connected Nation, we take you to a special event held in the heart of Detroit that’s getting the city one step closer to changing that statistic for good.

Related links:
eero
Nonprofit partners: Digitunity | Human I-T | E2D | National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA)

Michigan High-speed Internet Office - main page | MIchigan digital equity resources & MITTEN grant program

More details:
Click here for more details on the project
2019 American Community Survey*
 

The Connected Nation Podcast wrapping up from Lexington, Kentucky at the 2024 Govtech Digital Government Summit. In the final installment of our coverage, Jessica Denson speaks with the SLED East Director from Socure, a Kentucky State Senator, and the CIO of the Kentucky Department of Education.

Visit the links below to listen to parts 1 and 2 of the Digital Government Summit podcast coverage!

Part 1 - click here
Part 2 - click here

Recommended Links:
Frank Snyder's LinkedIn
Socure

Sen. Gex Williams III Profile

David Couch's LinkedIn

The Connected Nation Podcast checking back in from Lexington, Kentucky at the 2024 Govtech Digital Government Summit. In today's second episode, Jessica Denson welcomes on a Editorial Director for Content Spaces for Govtech, a GIS Analyst with TechSystems, and the IT Director for the Louisville Metro Government.

Check out our socials this week to listen to parts 1 and 3 of the Digital Government Summit podcast coverage!

Part 1 - click here
Part 3 - click here

Recommended Links:
Zach Patton's LinkedIn
GovernmentTechnology (GovTech) - https://www.govtech.com/
Emily Bartee's LinkedIn
Chris Seidt's LinkedIn
Louisville Metro Government - https://louisvilleky.gov/

The Connected Nation Podcast is back on the road today in Lexington, Kentucky at the 2024 Govtech Digital Government Summit. In this episode, our host, Jessica Denson, speaks with the Executive Director of State Programs at Connected Nation, the CIO of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, and an account executive at Dynatrace.

Stay tuned to our socials this week to listen to parts 2 and 3 of the Digital Government Summit podcast coverage!

Part 2 - click here
Part 3 - click here

Recommended Links:
Tim LeDonne's LinkedIn
Connected Nation

Liz Rodgers' LinkedIn
LFUCG

Marjan Irannejad's LinkedIn
Dynatrace
Spurlock Seasonings

Today, we are joined by Sitetracker’s leadership about the delivery on that promise with what the company has dubbed a “future proof platform.” 

When it comes to building new telecommunications and internet infrastructure – there are a lot of moving parts. What if you could better predict when to scale up resources to complete jobs faster, more efficiently, and with more profitability? That’s what Sitetracker promises it can help organizations do. 

Recommended Links:
Sitetracker Website
Brant Carter LinkedIn

 The Connected Nation podcast is back covering the 2024 Broadband Communities Summit in The Woodlands, Texas. The event serves as a hub of collaboration and innovation for some of the biggest names in broadband, all working towards a shared mission of closing the Digital Divide.

In our final installment of the summit, Jessica is joined by leadership from Comcast Texas, leadership from DigitalC, and a tribal broadband manager from the Choctaw Nation.

Recommended Links:
Broadband Communities Summit West

Toni Beck LinkedIn
Comcast Texas

Valerie Jerome LinkedIn
DigitalC

Rob Griffin LinkedIn

Today, the Connected Nation podcast is back covering the 2024 Broadband Communities Summit in The Woodlands, Texas. The event serves as a hub of collaboration and innovation for some of the biggest names in broadband, all working towards a shared mission of closing the Digital Divide.

On today's second episode, you'll hear from one company that's helping to train skilled broadband workers. You'll hear from another that's helping ISPs improve and extend their networks, and you'll hear from a small provider that's been working on unserved areas since the beginning, thanks to a friendship between three men.

Recommended Links:
Martin Lee LinkedIn
Light Brigade

Ian McIntosh LinkedIn
TAK Communications Inc.

Pam Waggoner LinkedIn
Resound Networks

Today, the Connected Nation podcast is back covering the 2024 Broadband Communities Summit in The Woodlands, Texas. The event serves as a hub of collaboration and innovation for some of the biggest names in broadband, all working towards a shared mission of closing the Digital Divide.

On today's episode, we talk with the head of the USDA's Rural Utilities Service, a small provider in Oklahoma who works with both tribal and state governments, and one of the nation's leading researchers in broadband.

Recommended Links:
Andrew Berke LinkedIn
USDA's Rural Utilities Service

Sachin Gupta LinkedIn
Central Rural Electric Cooperative

Dr. Christopher Ali LinkedIn
Farm Fresh Broadband