In this episode, we speak with Michael Morey, Bluebird Network, about how communities can accelerate the delivery of and create more sustainable broadband programs.

In this episode, we speak with Craig Settles of CJ Speaks about his recent economic development study, Revving the Community Broadband Economic Engine in the United States.

In this episode, we are live at the NCTC/ACA Ignite event in Chicago. We have the opportunity to talk to several of the speakers and attendees about the latest in video technology and industry.

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In this episode, we speak with Tom Taylor, Chief Strategy Officer and Pete Pifer, founder of ETI Software about 5G, its impact on the community, service providers, consumer and, technical innovation. We look at funding challenges and the evolving business and operational models.

According to a newly published report by Dell’Oro Group global PON equipment market revenue is forecast to reach $7.3 B by 2023, driven by spending on new 10 Gbps EPON and XGS-PON deployments, and on maximizing existing 2.5 Gbps GPON networks. The Broadband Bunch had the opportunity to interview Jeff Heynen about his findings.

In this episode, we talk with Greg Gross, Senior Director of Product Development about the evolving face of video technology. Greg gives us a brief overview of the history of video broadcasting technology; from box top sets to high definition and the potential impact of 5G on video.

In this episode, Tom Taylor, ETI’s Chief Strategy Office, provides an overview of 5G and the history of the Gs. Tom also offers insight into why 5G is important to municipalities considering or currently offering broadband services.

In this episode, we have the chance to interview leaders helping municipalities navigate, understand and realize the vision of connecting their communities through broadband. We speak with Jeff Gavlinski, CEO of Mountain Connect (www.mountainconnect.org) about his mission and observations into the market. Cat Blake from Next Century Cities (www.nextcenturycities.org) talks about how they are helping hundreds of municipalities and walks us through the Becoming Broadband Ready Toolkit. Mark Guillen from Crown Castle (www.crowncastle.com) joins us to explain what's driving use of small cell towers and impact of 5G. Then Dan Flemming from Render (www.rendernetworks.com) talks about innovative approaches to accelerating the time and effort from planning to building broadband networks.

In this episode, we have the chance to interview leaders helping municipalities navigate, understand and realize the vision of connecting their communities through broadband. We speak with Brian Snider about how Lit Communities (www.litcommunities.net) is helping municipalities navigate the early stages of broadband funding and planning. Sean Stokes from Baller, stokes and Lide explains the Coalition for Local Internet Choice (www.localnetchoice.org) mission and discusses policy updates. And we speak author and industry advocate, Craig Settles of CJSpeaks (www.cjspeaks.com) about the telehealth and it's significance to municipalities.

In this episode, we speak with Will Aycock, General Manager of Greenlight Community Broadband in Wilson, N.C. as well as Christy Batts with CDE Lightband out of Clarksville, TN. Will and Christy share their community’s broadband journey and provide insight for other municipalities considering broadband. Fiber Connect 2019, sponsored by the Fiber Broadband Association, is a great opportunity to meet some of the leaders in Municipal Broadband.