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Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 12 Noon ET — What’s What at Fiber Connect?

The annual Fiber Connect conference of the Fiber Broadband Association will be back during the week of July 26, 2021, in Nashville, Tennessee. It is one of the leading fiber broadband events in the country, with heavyweights from the industry ranging from vendors to consumers, policymakers and carriers. With the COVID-19 pandemic winding down, the conference will be held in person this year as fiber advocates meet together to discuss recent trends and developments in the telecom sector. Broadband Breakfast Editor and Publisher Drew Clark and Reporter Benjamin Kahn will interview several attendees and recap the news from Fiber Connect in this special on-the-scene Broadband Breakfast Live Online event.

Panelists for this event:

• Benjamin Kahn, Reporter, Broadband Breakfast
• Bob Lamb, Senior Director, Global Fiber Broadband Market, Plume
• Frank DeJoy, Vice President, Network Deployment, Render Networks
• Drew Clark (moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast

Panelist resources (stories from Fiber Connect 2021):

• https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2021/07/windstream-focuses-on-gigabit-infrastructure-for-future-broadband-challenges/
• https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2021/07/fiber-connect-2021-panelists-reflect-on-political-action-and-concerns/
• https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2021/07/speed-focus-could-harm-telecom-industry-plume-cco-says-at-fiber-connect-2021/
• https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2021/07/if-its-not-fiber-its-not-broadband-c-spire-reflects-on-broadband-after-covid/
• https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2021/07/debate-on-open-access-networks-must-be-framed-through-cooperation/
• https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2021/07/fiber-broadband-association-kicks-off-fiber-connect-2021/

Reporter Benjamin Kahn is a recent graduate of the University of Baltimore, where he majored in Policy, Politics, and International Affairs. He covers spectrum and infrastructure policy for Broadband Breakfast.

An expert in the building of Fiber-to-the-Home services, Robert Lamb is a telecoms veteran having split his career working equally on service provider- and supplier-side. Prior to Plume, Robert was the Senior Director for Rural Broadband at Cincinnati Bell where he led the company’s market expansion into rural areas.

Frank DeJoy is Vice President of Network Deployment for Render Networks, which provides a digital, data-driven approach to telecom infrastructure deployment. Frank‘s 33-year track record in telecommunications includes global network and product development during executive roles at AT&T, Teleport Communications Group, General Dynamics, Dycom, Quanta Services, and Spectrum Effect.  Frank is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and earned an MBA and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with Highest Honors from Rutgers University.

Moderator Drew Clark, Editor and Publisher of Broadband Breakfast, also serves as Of Counsel to The CommLaw Group. He has helped fiber-based and fixed wireless providers negotiate telecom leases and fiber IRUs, litigate to operate in the public right of way, and argue regulatory classifications before federal and state authorities. In addition to representing public and private providers on broadband issues, Drew is actively involved in issues surrounding interconnected Voice-over-Internet-Protocol service, spectrum licenses, robocalling including STIR/SHAKEN, and the provision of video franchises and “over-the-top” copyrighted content.

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