Ready, set, build: Tackling the challenges of large broadband buildouts now and in the future
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The new year has arrived - bringing the long-awaited start of broadband expansion under the Broadband Equity Access and Development Program (BEAD). However, as all U.S. states and territories prepare to build simultaneously, new challenges are surfacing.
On this episode of Connected Nation, we’ll discuss these issues with a telecom industry leader covering topics ranging from strengthening the workforce to adopting best practices for rolling out large-scale broadband infrastructure.
Related links:
Matthew Langhoff Linkedin
MTA Solutions website
Chapters
1. Ready, set, build: Tackling the challenges of large broadband buildouts now and in the future (00:00:00)
2. Matt Langhoff introduction (00:02:52)
3. What Matt does as the COO of MTA (00:04:06)
4. What the MTA organization does (00:09:11)
5. States challenges with federal funding (00:14:47)
6. MTA apprenticeship program (00:18:23)
7. Attracting younger generations to work in the telecomm industry (00:20:35)
8. Advice for state broadband offices (00:25:05)
9. What MTA is planning to do in 2025 (00:27:59)
10. Where Matt sees the future of telecom in 10 years (00:29:01)
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