Mountain Connect 2024: The high-tech (and dangerous) broadband job that some say needs regulation now
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On this episode of Connected Nation, we continue our coverage from Mountain Connect, which is taking place in Denver, Colorado.
We talk with a leader at the Fiber Optics Network about the need for regulations surrounding a critical broadband job, AND we talk with the leader of a new telecom school that's approaching training in a new way.
Related Links:
Mountain Connect
The FO (Fiber Optics) Network
Telecom Tech School
Mountain Connect 2024 series
Opening episode
The Internet Equity Initiative and connecting the most remote, inhabited island in Michigan
The high-tech (and dangerous) broadband job that some say needs regulation now
Nokia's Network in a Box and the one thing most people get wrong about the company
Key partnerships, digital equity, and the Illinois Broadband Lab
BEAM's leadership on broadband expansion and accessibility across Mississippi
How BroadbandOhio is navigating BEAD
Capítulos
1. Mountain Connect 2024: The high-tech (and dangerous) broadband job that some say needs regulation now (00:00:00)
2. Carol Hall, The Fiber Optic Network intro and what FO Network does (00:01:52)
3. What is the splicing industry? (00:06:04)
4. Why the splicing industry might be dangerous (00:11:55)
5. Setting a new standard for Colorado (00:17:27)
6. Nathan Larson, Executive Director, The Telecom Tech School into and the Titan Foundation (00:21:20)
7. What an apprenticeship (00:25:42)
8. Why this is a new kind of an old idea (00:31:05)
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