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Beyond the Cable with Brad Randall
by Broadband Communities
Beyond the Cable covers the broadband industry and how it's changing America.
Episodes
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Student housing ISP's stress test leads to partnership with EnGenius
"We try to understand at different levels of the installation so that when the installation does go in, we don't have these recurring issues," said Bryan Slayman, EnGenius' product marketing manager. Slayman, appearing recently on Beyond the Cable at Broadband Communities Summit 2026 in Houston,...
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How DojoNetworks stands apart with culture & commitment
The culture of DojoNetworks is what continues to set them apart from their numerous competitors in the managed Wi-Fi space, according to Dan Myers, the president and founder of the company. Myers said the company has developed a family friendly environment to accommodate their workforce, which...
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Beyond the Pipe: Xfinity Communities works to reverse managed Wi-Fi misconceptions
David Tashjian, the SVP and GM of Xfinity Communities, says he's aligning internal messaging to reverse misconceptions around bulk managed Wi-Fi. Subscribe to the Broadband Communities newsletter!
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Summit '26: Tackling shared challenges faced by MDU owners & operators
To view the full multifamily track for Broadband Communities 2026, along with the rest of the agenda, visit the event's website or register here to get tickets!
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Educate or lose them: Stopping the rural ISP subscriber bleed
It has never been more important for second and third tier internet service providers (ISPs) to educate their customers about the value they bring to the table in communities. That's according to Curtis Dean, the executive director of CBAN, the Community Broadband Action Network. "We as small,...
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The Choctaw Nation stays focused on broadband
Robert Griffin leads broadband initiatives for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and said part of his job is to collect information from vendors, ISPs, and other tribal communities so it can be organized and considered for future deployments. Speaking to Beyond the Cable at Connected America 2026...
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How telecom factors into the economic equation for tribal communities
Having a homegrown telecom workforce can create opportunity for tribal members in their own communities and potentially could even bring people back who have left if the jobs are permanent. Brandon Dinsmore, a tribal outreach and workforce specialist for Oklahoma State University Institute of...
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Exploring broadband's next chapter with BB1 CEO Eric Watko
In June's first episode of the Beyond the Cable podcast, BroadbandOne (BB1) CEO Eric Watko joined host Brad Randall to discuss the rapidly evolving telecommunications landscape. With over 25 years of industry experience dating back to the Nortel days, Watko focused heavily on how capital…
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Sitting out BEAD? Why NOVOS FiBER’s CTO has no regrets
There are no regrets from NOVOS FiBER's chief technology officer, Rob Johnson, at Connected America as he reflected on his company's decision not to participate in the federal government's multi-billion-dollar broadband spend, known as BEAD. Johnson said he knows people in the industry who have...
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Beyond the Cable: How ISPs can simplify operational complexity
Consolidations and network scaling are two key trends among US telecoms in 2026, but both can increase the complexity of operations, as Patricia Kellaghan of Synamedia pointed out during her recent appearance on Beyond the Cable. "Especially in broadband," she said. "What you start to see with...
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Are ISPs getting pricing structures all wrong?
Service providers should begin offering tiered levels of service to customers based on quality of service, according to Robin Olds, a senior business development manager at Cisco Systems. Speaking on our Beyond the Cable podcast at Connected America, Olds said service providers could be doing a…
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This German company is taking lessons learned to US MDUs
With a playbook adapted for an efficient rollout in the US market, agnoss CEO Christian Breidenbach-Kaack says the level of services agnoss can offer to multi-dwelling units offers clear advantages as a one-stop shop for network design, construction, operation, and maintenance. The company, which...
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How Connected America's Startup of the Year Can Let Your Network Price Itself
In this episode we sit down with representatives of GFiber and KIVO, a dynamic pricing platform for telecom operators from PlektonLabs that won Startup of the Year at Connected America. Both interviews, captured from Connected America, dive into separate topics, including the nature of dynamic...
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MCNC joins Beyond the Cable at Connected America
Tracy Doaks, the president and CEO of MCNC, says North Carolina has something special with the North Carolina Research and Education Network. Originally from Virginia, Doaks said the network, which is operated and managed by MCNC, gives tremendous benefits to smaller, mid-sized, and minority...
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Why MDU security solutions aren't just smart, they're financially sound
Smart security systems that protect residential communities are features that should be accessible to residents of all income brackets, according to Sandy Jack, Assa Abloy's VP of strategic relations. Jack made the comments during her recent spot on Beyond the Cable with Brad Randall, a Broadband...
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Connected America: A sneak preview at this year's agenda
Beyond the Cable takes a sneak peek at the agenda for Connected America 2026, which opens next month with a packed two-day program in Texas. Sessions on both days, which reviewed in full on Connected America's website, will highlight a number of topics, including the practical barriers facing...
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What makes a smart community? Here's why connectivity matters
Maz Khan, the president of Vitalis Smart Communities, says the term smart community is thrown around too loosely nowadays. "Somebody puts up a Nest thermostat and some sort of smart lock and all of a sudden it's a smart community," he said, while appearing on Beyond the Cable as a recent guest....
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What 41% of renters now expect and why instant-on connectivity matters
Connectivity is a key part of decision making when renters are considering where to live, according to Elizabeth Parks, the president and CMO of Parks Associates. Parks joined Ilan Eframian, a VP from Xfinity Communities, on Beyond the Cable to discuss some of the insights revealed in recent...
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Uncertainty and concern mounts for BEAD providers in Minnesota
Requirements asking providers to submit written statements pledging not to take additional subsidies to complete and operate BEAD projects have had a chilling effect, according to Bree Maki, the director of Minnesota's office of broadband development. Maki made the comments in her recent…
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Operating with urgency: Discussing Ezee Fiber's growth with CEO Matt Marino
Ezee Fiber has grown rapidly in recent years, with aggressive expansion efforts in markets like Houston, New Mexico, and the Pacific Northwest. The fiber internet provider's CEO, Matt Marino, recently joined Beyond the Cable—a Broadband Communities podcast—to discuss the company's quickly…
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Why Everyone Wins When Smaller ISPs Succeed
Jon Carlson, a senior vice president of business development at Ibex, explains why everyone wins with a healthy ISP ecosystem, not just the corporations. "Yes, success for those tier two and tier three (ISPs) is super important for those organizations, for those companies," he said, appearing on…
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Analyzing GPC's data center pivot with Christopher Sikora
Christopher Sikora, the CRO of Great Plains Communications (GPC), shares how GPC strategically positioned themselves to lean into a data center-driven marketplace. According to Sikora, factors that have propelled GPC to answer the call of changing connectivity demands include a variety of…
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Make construction sexy again? One CEO thinks it's time.
Trent Edwards, the CEO of TAK Broadband, is worried about the future of the workforce in the telecommunications industry. "We don't do a good job of making sure that the younger generation understands the opportunity within construction," he said. According to Edwards, many hold assumptions that...
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Extinction faces telecoms that don't adopt AI transformations
The telecommunications industry gets a bad reputation as being slow to adapt new technologies. It's one that Abhishek Sandhir, the managing director of Sand Technologies' telecommunications division says is not wholly earned. There's a lag between other industries because of the investment…
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Consolidation doomsday fears in the UK fail to pan out
James Page, the CEO of Proactive International PR, said era of buildouts by so-called altnets in the United Kingdom has given way to a new chapter, where investors want their money back. Altnets, a shortened term for smaller alternate network providers, remain buoyant in the UK, despite earlier...
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CEO Rahul Puri says STL will keep its competitive edge
Few have seen the evolution of connectivity in the UK better than Rahul Puri, the CEO of STL. Speaking to Beyond the Cable this fall at Connected Britain, Puri talked about what's next for STL, which he says leads the way as the UK's largest supplier of fiber and data center solutions. "Now we're...
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Why streamlined operations are a necessity for regional ISPs
ISPs that can't spot what parts of their network are delivering subpar experiences for customers will face higher churn, said Dan Siemon, the CEO and one of the co-founders of Preseem. Siemon, joining the latest episode of Beyond the Cable, said the vast majority of customers will leave after...
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Meet the CEO that wants to change how telecoms hire
Staffing issues have been persistent for the telecom industry, as Heather Moyer, the CEO of HNM Systems, knows all too well. Moyer said she believes the industry at large has a branding problem and needs to adjust to appeal to younger prospects. "We need to kind of rebrand ourselves from kind of...
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Legacy CPQ Systems Cause ISP Headaches
Legacy configure price quote (CPQ) systems cause headaches for ISPs, but the right CPQ system can be a game changer for ISPs on the margins. We spoke with Sean Casey, the SVP of product management at CSG, on a recent episode of Beyond the Cable about how the right CPQ solution can make or break…
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Rethinking connectivity with Rob Chambers
Rob Chambers, the Managing Director of Total Telecom, says Connected Britian has evolved with the growth of the market in the United Kingdom. "What started as being a conversation purely about fiber rollout has now moved on to a more complete discussion about connectivity and what people do with...
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How MDS Global helps companies innovate and scale operations
As a vendor in the business support systems (BSS) space, Ryan O'Hanlon said MDS Global has built a diverse portfolio of customers, including BT and Virgin Media O2. O'Hanlon, the VP of global sales for MDS Global, said mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are also included among MDS Global's...
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Building trust, bridging worlds: Assured's path to Tribal partnerships
Joel Ogren, the CEO and founder of Assured Communications, says building partnerships with tribal communities is about listening and understanding history from different perspectives. With a lengthy career that includes years spent working with the Pacific Islander community in Hawaii, Ogren has...
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Greater Manchester strives to set new connectivity standards
John Duncan is the Connected Places Lead for Greater Manchester, which encompasses the largest metropolitan area in Northern England. Recently, at Connected Britain in London, Duncan appeared on Beyond the Cable, a Broadband Communities podcast, to discuss Greater Manchester's cutting-edge work…
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The recipe for continued growth in managed Wi-Fi
Multifamily properties that aren't meeting the connectivity needs of residents remains a major gap in 2025, but it's one that Ed Wolff, the CEO of Aerwave, hopes to help fill. As a symbol of Aerwave's recent success, the company took home the trophy for Multifamily Partner of the Year at the 2025...
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Notes from the field: Telling broadband's untold stories
Abby Crawford, a podcasting and marketing specialist with FiberCom Engineering, is the host of Field Notes - a podcast that introduces her audience to public and private sector leaders in the communications industry. Through her role, Crawford said she gets to lead the storytelling efforts of...
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NextLink Internet's Bet on Rural America
Ebony Cooksey says NextLink Internet has made it their mission to expand service to rural America, especially in the Heartland. As they expand, beyond fixed wireless to fiber, she said the ISP is focused on deploying "the right tool for the toolkit," depending on the needs of individual...
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Great Customer Service: No Longer an Option for ISPs
Mark Campagna, the CEO of gaiia, says ISPs who don't adopt software technology offerings that can help enhance efficiencies may face extinction. In this episode of Beyond the Cable, Campagna talks about how technology is evolving to help ISPs offer great customer service, something he says is a...
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Blue Stream Fiber Eyes Houston’s Booming Multifamily Market
In this episode, Kate Grutzmacher, who manages community partnerships with Blue Stream Fiber as a senior vice president, joins us to discuss Houston, which is one of the fastest markets in the nation with respect to multifamily communities. "When we were looking at expansion markets, we looked at...
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How MDU Connectivity is Becoming More Competitive
Adlane Fellah, the chief researcher for Maravedis, says the MDU connectivity market has become attractive for companies seeking to disrupt incumbent vendors. Speaking to Beyond the Cable at Broadband Communities Summit last month in Houston, Fellah says he sees a big opportunity for brownfield...
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GPC talks expansion plans at Summit 2025
Kevin McGuire, a VP of broadband policy at Great Plains Communications (GPC), says 2025 is a big year for broadband. We caught up with Kevin on Day 1 of the Broadband Communities Summit last month in Houston to discuss GPC's ongoing efforts to expand their footprint to additional unserved and...
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How Ubiquity is reaching MDU brownfield communities
Chris Curtin, the president of Ubiquity's smart buildings division, says Ubiquity is making a big play for MDU brownfield communities that have been passed over by other providers. By partnering with ISPs that possess their own fiber backhaul, Curtin said Ubiquity is able to put together an...
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A Focused MDU Approach: How Quantum Fiber builds long-term partnerships
Jeff Johnson, who leads Quantum Fiber's Connected Communities teams, says the importance of pre-planning evaluations before fiber-to-the-unit or premises builds cannot be understated. He said Quantum Fiber's sales engineers are highly involved in the process, identifying the best solutions for a...
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Discussing Ripple Fiber's Rapid Growth with Greg Wilson
Ripple Fiber has made some big moves lately, including the completion of a strategic merger with Hyperfiber and debt capacity increase to $350 million. We sat down with Greg Wilson, the ISP's CEO, at Fiber Connect in Nashville, to discuss what's next for Ribble Fiber.
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Maximizing ROI, one multifamily property at a time
Fiber is a futureproofed technology that can adapt with innovative breakthroughs, according to Mike Janssen, a senior manager of sales and engineering at Quantum Fiber. "It's a great investment, it increases your property value," Janssen said. As a sales engineer, Janssen said his team is...
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Managing Checkerboarded Regulation Complexities
In this episode we speak with Felix Dialoiso, a founding partner at Harbor Link Holdings LLC. As we'll find out, Harbor Link is undertaking an ambitious fiber build in the D.C. Metro, Baltimore, and Northern Virginia area. Their network, built for the demands of tomorrow, is 100% underground.…
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Building Opportunity with Tribal Connectivity
Brandon Dinsmore is a tribal outreach and workforce development specialist at the Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. In this episode of Beyond the Cable, Brandon talks to us about how members of tribal communities are being empowered to take the future into their own hands with...
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Economic Uncertainty and the Global Connectivity Landscape
Policy decisions regarding tariffs coming from the White House can have enormous effects on supply chains but, as Total Telecom Editor Harry Baldock explained recently on Beyond the Cable, the dust is still settling regarding the impacts of those decisions. Baldock said it appears folks still…
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Centranet's Groundbreaking Achievement for Tribal Connectivity
We caught up with Sachin Gupta, of Centranet, to discuss their milestone in Oklahoma. Recently, Centranet provided one of the fastest connections globally to a pilot member of the Sac and Fox Nation. Nokia later called the achievement the first live commercial trial of 50G PON technology in a...
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Telecom workforces stepping up to fight human trafficking
The rise of digital infrastructure needs has led telecom workforces to have a unique role in communities across America. As such, telecom workforces often have a unique opportunity to spot the telltale signs of human trafficking, according to Josh Loaiza, of the 3Strands Global Foundation. In…
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How AI Could Save ISPs Big Bucks on Deployment
We speak with Stephen Rose, the newly named CEO of Render Networks, to discuss AI's potential to streamline deployments, which could lead to big savings for internet service providers (ISPs). Plus, hear Rose's take on why AI doesn't pose a risk as an industry job killer on this episode recorded...
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