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Of course FWA is future proof. FWA is the only edge technology that passes future homes and businesses before those structures are ever built, and without additional capital investment. 🙂 A wired last-mile, on the other hand, is never future-proof, regardless of the technology. Future homes and businesses located beyond the wired-edge are (sadly) the future unserved. 🙁 If the future belongs to the connected, as the FCC Chairwoman states, then we should be building more fixed wireless now to power the homes and businesses of tomorrow. 💡 #FWA #5G #WISP #broadband #internet #futureproof #digitaldivide #unserved #unconnected #digitalequity #digitalinclusion

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We need to use ALL of the #tools in the #broaband toolbox!

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Are you relying solely on fiber for your mission-critical applications? Think again. The risk of a single-point-of-failure is too great. That's where wireless redundancy comes in. MW and mmW solutions offer fiber-like capacity with lower latency. Our teams at Ceragon Networks and Siklu are here to support your network. Don't leave your mission-critical applications vulnerable. #wirelessredundancy #missioncritical #networksupport

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Did you know T-Mobile for Business has the only nationwide #5G standalone #network in the U.S.? 5G Standalone is a "100% 5G network," built entirely on the latest 5G technology—without depending on older 4G systems like non-standalone 5G does. Standalone 5G is faster and more efficient than our 4G systems. And you need 5G standalone for innovations like: ✅ Network slicing ✅ Ultra-low latency ✅ Private 5G networks Discover how 5G standalone can take your business further: https://t-mo.co/4bKYfiT

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Lumen Technologies is helping make it easier for customers to get high-speed, enterprise-grade connectivity to their Google services over the Lumen network.     Read more or connect with me here to learn how your business can benefit from this partnership! 

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Did you know T-Mobile for Business has the only nationwide #5G standalone #network in the U.S.? 5G Standalone is a "100% 5G network," built entirely on the latest 5G technology—without depending on older 4G systems like non-standalone 5G does. Standalone 5G is faster and more efficient than our 4G systems. And you need 5G standalone for innovations like: ✅ Network slicing ✅ Ultra-low latency ✅ Private 5G networks Discover how 5G standalone can take your business further: https://t-mo.co/4bKYfiT

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In many communities, both big and small, people are opting to live in MDU type of housing…Calix has the tools to help you with this dynamic and growing market… ICS Advanced Technologies (ICS) shares revolutionary results serving the MDU market with the Calix Broadband Platform, connecting over 125% more units than expected in one year and meeting their annual revenue goal in just 7 months. 🚀 “The value ICS delivers to our incredible property management partners is reflected in happy residents, leading to longer contracts and even stronger relationships with our customers,” said Patrick Bailey, senior vice president of ICS. ICS is improving connected experiences for residents and simplifying operations for property managers within midsized MDUs. With the forthcoming launch of Calix SmartMDU, ICS looks forward to building on this success. Shane Eleniak, chief product officer, discusses how Calix is innovating for the MDU market, with a new managed service launching later this year: “With SmartMDU, more service providers will build on the impressive results achieved by ICS and seamlessly deliver incredible experiences to the 40 million U.S. households living within MDU communities.” Explore the incredible results achieved by ICS and learn more about soon-to-be-launched, SmartMDU. 🔗https://ow.ly/b8Jr30sCbUB #Broadband #Community #Connectivity

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Ooma AirDial Adds Call Alerts for POTS Replacement, Making it Faster and Easier to Respond to Emergencies   Sunnyvale, CA – Wednesday, July 17, 2024 – Ooma, Inc., a smart communications platform for businesses and consumers, today announced that it has added Call Alerts to Ooma AirDial®, a leading solution for POTS replacement, making it faster and easier for facilities managers and other personnel to respond to emergencies. Administrators can now select up to 10 recipients to get either SMS or email alerts when a call is placed on a line connected through AirDial. For example, when an emergency call is made from an elevator phone, alerts can go to the front desk, the maintenance staff and the building manager. The same can apply for other critical equipment, such as fire alarm panels and campus blue-light safety phones. Call Alerts are added, edited or removed with just a few clicks in AirDial’s Remote Device Management web portal, without requiring any technical expertise or having to submit a tech support ticket. Ooma AirDial (https://lnkd.in/egFdavgB) is the only POTS replacement solution with Call Alerts*, which joins a long list of advanced features designed with safety regulations in mind and to make it easier to manage than other products on the market. In addition to Call Alerts, Ooma AirDial provides unique and patented MultiPath technology, which simultaneously sends calls through AirDial’s wireless network and the customer’s existing broadband connection. This allows calls to continue uninterrupted if one of the paths becomes clogged or goes down. Other industry leading features recently added to AirDial include: Embedded Multi-Carrier Support. Ooma AirDial units can now be switched between wireless carriers remotely, without having to change SIM cards. Parent/Child Accounts. Administrators managing multiple locations, or IT consultants managing multiple customers, can add or delete parent and child accounts across multiple devices, making it easier to oversee large AirDial deployments. Export of Call Logs. From the Remote Device Management portal, users can export call logs into spreadsheets to easily analyze usage trends. Insights View. With one click on an icon in the Remote Device Management portal, administrators can see a single screen summarizing the status of all their AirDial units. “We’ve always viewed Ooma AirDial as an opportunity to deliver an advanced service far superior to POTS at a lower cost,” said Thad White, vice president of product management at Ooma. “Call Alerts are a perfect example, because copper-wire phone lines can’t provide anything like that. #potsreplacement, #oomaairdial, #lifesafety

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This is how LUMEN Peering with Google helps its customers. Lumen peering is designed to improve connectivity by helping ensure IP traffic takes the shortest path into the Google network from the nearest edge point of presence (PoP). You can rest easy knowing your connectivity is facilitated by redundant peering connections optimized for Google applications.

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Lumen Technologies is helping make it easier for customers to get high-speed, enterprise-grade connectivity to their Google services over the Lumen network.     Read more or connect with me here to learn how your business can benefit from this partnership! 

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Did you know T-Mobile for Business has the only nationwide #5G standalone #network in the U.S.? 5G Standalone is a "100% 5G network," built entirely on the latest 5G technology—without depending on older 4G systems like non-standalone 5G does. Standalone 5G is faster and more efficient than our 4G systems. And you need 5G standalone for innovations like: ✅ Network slicing ✅ Ultra-low latency ✅ Private 5G networks Discover how 5G standalone can take your business further: https://t-mo.co/4bKYfiT

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Once-in-a-generation funding initiatives (including the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment - BEAD - program) have created extensive opportunities for unprecedented broadband infrastructure development in underserved and rural communities. While funding programs hold great promise for advancing digital equity, the current broadband workforce is ill-equipped to meet required labor demands. In fact, according to the WEF Future of Jobs report, 61% of workers will require retraining by 2027.      Some present-day challenges include:     A tech talent deficit: Unprecedented demand for install and repair techs, combined with low awareness of the potential for broadband careers among the public and in schools.   Outdated education resources: Technical colleges lack modern broadband education resources which leads to student loss and faculty/employer frustration.      We need new methods to reach high-potential candidates and mentoring to create a scalable, locally sourced workforce.      Calix recognizes that developing effective solutions to bridge the skills gap is vital to customer success. We are tackling these problems head-on with an evidence-based Workforce Transformation program that supports our customers as they find, upskill, retain, and scale teams to meet deployment goals.      Take a look at the program in action through our partnership with Mitchell Technical College and learn how our Workforce Transformation program can help you.    #CalixEducation #WorkforceTransformation #Broadband  https://lnkd.in/eVRemntN 

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Laurent Therivel, CEO of UScellular, shared the three key federal actions he thinks are needed to improve U.S. telecommunications: 1. Expand Licensed Spectrum: Increase the availability of licensed, full-power spectrum and restore the FCC's authority to auction this resource to enhance VoIP service reliability. 2. Unified Innovation Strategy: Implement a government-wide approach to innovation to streamline and maximize technological advancements. 3. Strategic Infrastructure Funding: Better align the billions allocated for infrastructure to efficiently bridge the digital divide, enhancing telecommunications and VoIP services across the nation. You can check out the entire interview here: https://lnkd.in/ePB3VfRC

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What do all broadband providers that are hitting their aggressive growth targets have in common? A great marketing leader. One that understands their customers, can speak their language, and helps set the culture internally to align with the CUSTOMER’S desired experience. Lots of BSPs can build a solid network. Not nearly as many can market it well. #broadband #ruralbroadband #sethtalks

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Transitioning from a highly integrated On-Premises Contact Centre solution can feel daunting and risky. What if something goes wrong? What if your customers can’t reach you? With BT and Five9’s combined migration expertise, you’ll be in safe hands.

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More accolades for T-Mobile from the latest Open Signal report! We swept EVERY category for overall network experience, with upload speed experience more than 2x faster than AT&T and over 1.5x faster than Verizon. Download speed experience is over 3x faster than Verizon and 2.7x faster than AT&T. We also won in #5GExperience categories including download speed and #5G availability, with our users spending over 5x more time connected to 5G than AT&T users and over 8x more than Verizon. See the full list of the latest wins: https://t-mo.co/4cKOO2W #5GConnectivity

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More accolades for T-Mobile from the latest Open Signal report! We swept EVERY category for overall network experience, with upload speed experience more than 2x faster than AT&T and over 1.5x faster than Verizon. Download speed experience is over 3x faster than Verizon and 2.7x faster than AT&T. We also won in #5GExperience categories including download speed and #5G availability, with our users spending over 5x more time connected to 5G than AT&T users and over 8x more than Verizon. See the full list of the latest wins: https://t-mo.co/4cKOO2W #5GConnectivity

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New article on Comcast Business's plans. Comcast reported its Q1 results today. As in previous quarters, the EBITDA margin for its business division is very high - 57%; much higher than the other operators we track. It is planning to trade some of this margin for growth, which makes sense. As I argue in this piece business revenue is on the low end compared to peers (when measured as a share of total revenue). https://lnkd.in/eUK8Pd8Q

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