As service providers evaluate the increasing demands on their PON networks, some mistakenly believe they have only one choice—maintain GPON or migrate entirely to XGS-PON. In fact, Combo PON offers a much more capable, flexible, and cost-effective upgrade strategy, enabling operators to simultaneously deliver both GPON and XGS-PON on the same optical distribution network, while having the option to make a simple migration to XGS-PON at any time. Hear from Armstrong on why Combo PON was the clear choice for their network.

Chattanooga became one of the first Gigabit cities and now is a 10G city. Professor Bento Lobo, UT-Chattanooga, and Jim Ingraham, Vice President, Strategic Research, EPB, discuss the latest economic impact study and how fiber has changed the lives in this bustling community.

Today’s access-network architecture is under stress. Blame the proliferation of connected devices and bandwidth-intensive customer applications, as well as dramatic increase in usage as subscribers work and attend school from home. Now is the perfect time to build your greenfield network or expand your existing network with 10G PON -- doing so will arm your customers with the high-speed, symmetrical broadband they need to stay connected.

Noah Covington shares with us their journey to expand operations into their neighboring county to bring Fiber to the broadband desert of Georgia.

Commissioner Tim Echols, Georgia Public Service Commission

John Paul, Chief Business Development Officer - Spiral Fiber, Inc.

Roger Timmerman, CEO - UTOPIA Fiber

Kim McKinley, CMO - UTOPIA Fiber

Gary Bolton, President and CEO of the Fiber Broadband Association provides an update on the Operations, Fiber Connect Conference, Member Involvement, Research, the new Administration of the United States, and the new Fiber Broadband Association team.

John George, Senior Director- Solutions and Professional Services, OFS

Jeff Gavlinski, Director, Industry Organizations, Calix