All Episodes

Farewell to Connect This!

Small Towns Building Broadband, Broadband Usage, and the Continued Retreat from Fiber | Episode 124 of the Connect This! Show

The Retreat from Fiber, Local Government Inaction, and 8 Million Americans Offline | Episode 123 of the Connect This! Show

Big Apple Connect, Pole Attachments, and DEA Lawsuits | Episode 122 of the Connect This! Show

Secret Fiber Caps and Fiber Platforms | Episode 121 of the Connect This! Show

Fiber Acquisitions and the New BEAD Numbers Are In | Episode 120 of the Connect This!

Digital C Goes to Detroit and the Tech Spread Coming to BEAD | Episode 119 of the Connect This! Show

Who Benefits from this Bargain? | Episode 118 of the Connect This! Show

The Future of Active Ethernet | Episode 117 of the Connect This! Show

California’s Affordable Broadband Play and Wi-Fi Under Threat | Episode 116 of the Connect This! Show

BEAD Overhauled | Connect This! Show

BEAD Falls Apart | Episode 115 of the Connect This! Show

Charter and Cox Merge, Hotspots Under Threat, and the End of the Digital Equity Act | Episode 114 of the Connect This! Show

Project Kuiper, Fixing Urban Mobile, and Kentucky Wired | Episode 113 of the Connect This! Show

The Future of Passive Optical Networks | Episode 112 of the Connect This! Show

The Most Consequential Year in Telecom History Since 1996 | Episode 111 of the Connect This! Show

The Revolving Door, the Limit of Public Dollars, and Whether the Maps Will Matter After BEAD | Episode 110 of the Connect This! Show

BEAD: The Metamorphosis | Episode 109 of the Connect This! Show

Advancements in Cable Networks – Connect This! Show Episode 108Coming up: Connect This! Show Episode 108

Frontiers in Fiber Optic Sensing | Episode 107 of the Connect This! Show

What We Expect in 2025 | Episode 105 of the Connect This! Show

2024 in Review | Episode 104 of the Connect This! Show

What Comes Next | Episode 103 of the Connect This! Show

Dear Rural America: Starlink and Mobile Wireless Are Not Coming to Save You | Episode 102 of the Connect This! Show

Nice Knowing You, BEAD, and Building Better Middle Mile Networks | Episode 101 of the Connect This! Show

Resilient Networks, BEAD Hypocrisy, and the 2024 Election | Episode 100 of the Connect This! Show

Cox v. Rhode Island and FWA Advancements | Episode 99.4 of the Connect This! Show

Convergence is Here | Episode 99.3 of the Connect This! Show

FWA vs. Wired Connections, Spectrum Sharing Rules, and Satellite Service | Episode 99.2 of the Connect This! Show

Brownsville is Lit, SpaceX and BEAD, and SiFi and T-Mobile | Episode 99.1 of the Connect This! Show

USF Reform and the Start of the Big Fiber Rollup | Episode 99 of the Connect This! Show

Net Neutrality, Chevron Deference, and The Hotspot Problem | Episode 98 of the Connect This! Show

Texas Maps and Plans, Starlink and the Ozone, Sony Lawsuit, and Colorado MDU Laws | Episode 97 of the Connect This! Show

State Broadband Offices, BEAD and the Unserved, the Legacy of the ACP | Episode 96 of the Connect This! Show

Untangling BEAD, Minnesota Repeals Preemption Law, and Open Access is Hard | Episode 95 of the Connect This! Show

Net Neutrality Returns, New York’s Affordable Broadband Law Upheld, and the ACP Looks Done | Episode 94 of the Connect This! Show

Middle-Mile Madness | Episode 93 of the Connect This! Show

Gaming the Data, a Trojan Horse in New York, and Punishing Bad Actors | Episode 92 of the Connect This! Show

A New Broadband Definition, Rural Tribal Priority Window, and Feasibility Studies | Connect This! Show Episode 91

Metro Connect, AT&T FWA, MDUs, and RDOF | Connect This! Show Episode 90

Are We Doing Digital Equity Wrong? Lessons from the FCC| Connect This! Show Episode 89

A Surge in Municipal Networks and the Real Margins for ISPs | Episode 88 of the Connect This! Show

The 2024 Prediction Show | Episode 87 of the Connect This! Show

Reflecting on 2023, Unused Capacity in Government-Only Fiber Networks, and the Return of Dark Money with Gigi Sohn | Episode 86 of the Connect This! Show

The Future of LTE Networks | Episode 85 of the Connect This! Show

Digital Discrimination, Canada Mandates Open Access, and Progress in Washington State | Episode 84 of the Connect This! Show

A Call to Fund ACP, MDU Solutions, and Did NTIA Solve the Letter of Credit Problem? | Episode 83 of the Connect This! Show

Recent Broadband News | Episode 82 of the Connect This! Show

Net Neutrality, Spectrum Sharing, and the Mystery of the Missing Monopolies | Episode 81 of the Connect This! Show

Municipal Partnerships, a (Finally) Complete FCC, and Low-Income Plans for BEAD | Episode 80 of the Connect This! Show

The Only History of LTE You’ll Ever Need | Episode 79 of the Connect This! Show

The One Where We’re Supposed to Be Nice to the FCC | Episode 77 of the Connect This! Show

Gaming the FCC’s 10-day Rule, Competition on Open Access Networks, and Letters of Credit | Episode 76 of the Connect This! Show

Astroturf Campaigns in Utah and Fixed Wireless, Mapping, and Maine – Episode 75 of the Connect This! Show

The Promise of BEAD, FCC Investigates Data Caps, and Capacity | Episode 74 of the Connect This! Show

Recent Broadband News | Episode 71 of the Connect This! Show

Live From the Broadband Communities Summit | Episode 70 of the Connect This! Show

Ookla Speed Test Report and Data Privacy | Episode 69 of the Connect This! Show

Longmont, Baltimore, OpEx on Fiber Deployments | Episode 68 of the Connect This! Show

When Fixed Wireless Makes Sense, Supply Chain Woes, and the FCC’s Bad Data Practices | Episode 67 of the Connect This! Show

Gigi Sohn, the Future of the FCC, and Federal Reserve Banks | Episode 66 of the Connect This! Show

A Very Special Connect This! Show | Episode 65 of the Connect This! Show

Grant Tax Relief, Misreporting Coverage, and Line Extension Programs | Episode 64 of the Connect This! Show

Charter Spectrum’s Lawsuit, Railroads and Crossings, and Covid-19 | Episode 63 of the Connect This! Show

Mapping Deadlines, LA County, and Stuck in the Middle | Episode 62 of the Connect This! Show

Location Challenges Won’t Impact BEAD, Gigi Sohn Renominated, AT&T’s “Open Access” Fiber Deal, and What’s New From CES | Episode 61 of the Connect This! Show

A Look Back at 2022 | Episode 60 of the Connect This! Show

The Mapping Challenge Process, PON vs. Active Ethernet, and Market Pricing| Episode 59 of the Connect This! Show

One Map to Rule Them All, Challenge Abuses, and the End of the Fiber Boom | Episode 58 of the Connect This! Show

Comcast Pricing, Starlink Data Caps, Starry’s Future, and ACP Usage| Episode 57 of the Connect This! Show

Pricing Disparities by Monopolies, CostQuest, and Starry Abandoning RDOF Bids | Episode 56 of the Connect This! Show

Infrastructure Economics | Episode 55 of the Connect This! Show

New York Public Housing Solutions, Cable Speed Increases, and the Effects of Inflation | Episode 54 of the Connect This! Show

The Future of Community Networks and Fixed Wireless | Episode 53 of the Connect This! Show

Grant Challenges in Louisiana, 25 Gbps service in Chattanooga, and the Future of Video | Episode 51 of the Connect This! Show

RDOF, Universal Service Fund, and the Future of Video | Episode 50 of the Connect This! Show

Community Wins and Monopoly Missteps | Episode 49 of the Connect This! Show

Anti-Municipal Broadband Campaigns and Lessons from Maine | Episode 48 of the Connect This! Show

A New Broadband Definition, National ISPs Going for State Subsidies, and Buy America Rules | Episode 47 of the Connect This! Show

The Wireless Show, Part 2 | Episode 46 of the Connect This! Show

The Wireless Show | Episode 45 of the Connect This! Show

BEAD, the NYC Master Broadband Plan, and Co-op Consortia | Episode 44 of the Connect This! Show

Breaking Down the BEAD NOFO | Connect This! Episode 43

Mapping & Data Collection | Connect This! Episode 42

A New Public Broadband Association Is Born, Burdensome ACP Rules, and FCC Fining LTD | Connect This! Show Episode 41

State Spending on Broadband | Connect This! Episode 40

What’s New in Broadband? | Connect This! Episode 39

Cities Taking on Digital Equity – Episode 38 of the Connect This! Show

What Are Cities Doing Right ? | Connect This! Episode 37

Let’s Get Technical: Serving MDUs & More! | Connect This! Episode 36

How’s that Definition of Broadband, Chris? – Episode 35 of the Connect This! Show

Inside State Broadband Offices – Episode 34 of the Connect This! Show

RDOF: One Year Later – Episode 33 of the Connect This! Show

Reality Check: Scaling Networks in 2022 – Episode 32 of the Connect This! Show

The Monopolies Strike Back! – Episode 31 of the Connect This! Show

Fiber in 2022 – Episode 30 of the Connect This! Show

New Year, New Rules – Episode 29 of the Connect This! Show

Apartment Buildings and the NTIA – Episode 28 of the Connect This! Show

ISPs Working in Rural Areas – Episode 27 of the Connect This! Show

Billions in Broadband Infrastructure – Episode 26 of the Connect This! Show

The Future of Cable – Episode 25 of the Connect This! Show

Grassroots Networking – Episode 23 of the Connect This! Show

Longmont, Colorado and Clarksville, Tennessee – Episode 22 of the Connect This! Show

Digging in the City LIVE! – Episode 21 of the Connect This! Show

Treasury Infrastructure Rules, Digital Redlining, and Microtrenching – Episode 20 of the Connect This! Show

Mapping Broadband Access With Garbage Trucks, and Other Innovative Municipal Initiatives – Episode 19 of Connect This! Show

A Summer Recap: What’s Going On With Broadband Projects? – Episode 18 of the Connect This! Show

Tribal Broadband – Episode 17 of the Connect This! Show

5G and the Future of Cellular Networks – Episode 16 of the Connect This! Show

How Equal Access Santa Cruz is Bridging the Digital Divide – Episode 15 of Connect This!

The Finance Edition – Episode 14 of the Connect This! Show

Middle-Mile Challenges and Internet Exchange Points – Episode 13 of the Connect This! Episode Show

Options Available to Cities Under the American Rescue Plan Broadband Rules – Episode 12 of the Connect This! Show

How Open Access Networks Impact ISPs – Episode 11 of the Connect This! Show

Preparing for Broadband Funding in the American Rescue Plan- Episode 10 of the Connect This! Show

Broadband Infrastructure Funding in the American Rescue Plan – Episode 9 of the Connect This! Show

Decoding the Emergency Broadband Benefit – Episode 8 of the Connect This! Show

Overbuilding and the Value of Real Competition – Episode 7 of the Connect This! Show

Building Business and Community Goodwill Through Marketing – Episode 6 of the Connect This! Show

Where to Next From the Federal Government on Broadband? – Episode 5 of the Connect This! Show

Open Access Networks – Episode 4 of the Connect This! Show

Digital Inclusion – Episode 3 of the Connect This! Show

5G, CBRS, and Urban WISPs – Episode 2 of the Connect This! Show

Satellite Internet Access, the Future of Cable, and Small Fiber ISPs – Episode 1 of the Connect This! Show