wiredInUSA June 2017

Broadening deployment

Heather Burnett Gold

Ajit Pai, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, has announced the addition of Heather Burnett Gold to the Broadband Deployment Advisory Council. Burnett Gold is president and CEO of the Fiber Broadband Association (formerly the Fiber to the Home Council Americas). The Broadband Deployment Advisory Council will advise on how to incentivize broadband infrastructure deployment.

Fiber, Rocket Fiber, TDS Telecom and Cincinnati Midwest.

“The Fiber Broadband Association has long worked to break down and reduce regulatory barriers to fiber deployment by educating policymakers at all levels of government, as well as communities directly, on how to enable and create incentives for infrastructure deployment,” said Gold, “We and our members look forward to working with the chairman and this group on developing model proposals to propel fiber broadband deployment across the US.”

The group also includes Fiber Broadband Association members Comcast, Google

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wiredInUSA - June 2017