Broadband Pulse

Broadband Pulse

In the Lightwave Broadband Pulse podcast, we will address the key issues affecting the optical and broadband industry segments. Join us every week for insights on these topics from industry leaders.

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July 24, 2025 17 mins

If you ask Ezee Fiber’s CEO Matt Marino about his leadership style, he likens it to the nature of a football team: “I'm a big believer that the residential fiber business is the ultimate team sport.”

As a 15-plus cable industry veteran, Marino brings plenty of customer service and network knowledge to the table. Before coming to Ezee Fiber in 2023, he held various positions at some of the top cable providers, including Altice USA, ...

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A new TeleGeography report reveals that $3 billion worth of investment in submarine cable repair ships will be required to sustain current service levels and reduce repair delays for the undersea cables that carry global internet traffic. While there’s a surge in submarine cable infrastructure investment, maintenance and repair capabilities have lagged. 

In “The Future of Submarine Cable Maintenance,” a joint report by TeleGeograph...

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1Finity, which houses Fujitsu’s optical and wireless operations, recently began operating under its new name and brand identity. As Fujitsu announced in April, 1Finity consolidates Fujitsu’s global network-related organizations under one entity, enabling what the company said will be greater autonomy and flexibility.

1Finity, which will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu, will continue to deliver a complete portfolio o...

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Harmonic is well known in the cable industry as a key supplier of DOCSIS equipment. However, as the cable and telecom industry continues to expand its fiber reach, Harmonic has been taking a more active role in developing fiber-based broadband products.

With many of its cable operator customers being in a transition phase, Harmonic is offering products that enable a DOCSIS-to-PON migration. One example of this move is the SeaStar O...

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In this latest issue of Building Broadband, we’re tracking new broadband deployments from several regional and national broadband players, including: 

  • Brightspeed connects 8,000 homes and businesses in Western Ohio
  • Conterra Networks furthers XGS-PON path with Ciena's Open PON platform
  • Fidium expands fiber to Gouldsboro, Winter Harbor, and Wiscasset
  • Gateway Fiber is expanding its network into Cottage Grove, Minnesota
  • Intrepid ...
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In the latest episode of the Broadband Pulse podcast, we talked to Ted Schremp, president and CEO of IQ Fiber.  

Ted was an early pioneer in developing services like telephony for the cable industry during his time at Charter Communications. He’s now carrying on that innovative spirit to drive fiber broadband growth at IQ Fiber.

In May, IQ Fiber launched Businesses in Jacksonville, Gainesville, Florida, and Savannah, Georgia, that ...

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In this latest Broadband Pulse podcast, we talked to Paul Garnett, the founder and CEO of the Vernonburg group.

Vernonburg recently issued a new white paper showing that broadband funding achieves more than twice the impact when invested in adoption-focused programs rather than network overbuilds in already-served areas.

The new report, Avoiding the Overbuild Trap: Adoption, Not Overbuilding, Drives Connectivity and Digital Opportu...

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In this new Broadband Pulse podcast, we talked to Ryan Young, CEO of Kore-Tek, an optical systems integrator, about how it is shifting its focus to serving service providers directly.

Here’s a timeline of what we addressed during the podcast:

Host introduces guests 0:03

Kore-Tek’s 2025 priorities 0:32

How Kore-Tek is engaging directly with service providers 4:00

Middle mile opportunity 6:35

IP over DWDM 8:50

Benefits of conducting ...

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Bandwidth IG recently changed its name to BIG Fiber. The dark provider stated that the name change reflects its growing momentum in providing dark fibrer solutions to meet the demands of AI and cloud computing.

Since officially launching in 2019, BIG Fiber has rapidly expanded its presence in key data center hubs, including the San Francisco Bay Area and the Greater Atlanta area. The company later entered the Greater Portland marke...

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George Hughes, who recently took on the role of head of value consulting at IQGeo, is no stranger to implementing IT systems in large companies.

Before coming to IQGeo from 3-GIS, he spent three decades at Verizon. During his tenure at Verizon, he led teams that focused on systems development and project management across telco’s wireline and wireless business units. More recently, he held roles driving Verizon’s ongoing developmen...

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In this latest issue of Building Broadband, we’re tracking new broadband deployments from several regional and national broadband players, including: 

  • Comcast begins building out broadband in new Indiana communities
  • Elberton, Georgia, takes up the 25G fiber opportunity
  • Fidium begins fiber expansion in Van Buren, Maine
  • GoNetspeed connects Wells and Ogunquit, Maine, to its fiber network
  • IdeaTek has joined the State of Kansas to ...
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As more service providers look to expand their fiber reach into new markets, leveraging existing utility pole infrastructure is key. To do that, service providers must navigate the process of making new attachments, such as fiber optic lines, which require utility poles. 

Because this process involves ensuring the pole is structurally sound, has adequate space for the new attachments, and meets safety standards, it often requires e...

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In this podcast, we talked to two Ethernet Alliance leaders during this year’s OFC 2025 show:

  • David Rodgers, Ethernet Alliance Events & Conferences Committee Chair, and Technical Business Development Manager for EXFO
  • Peter Jones, Distinguished Engineer@Cisco, Chair@Ethernet Alliance

About the Podcast  In the Lightwave Broadband Pulse podcast, we address the key issues affecting the optical and broadband industry se...

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In Lightwave’s day three daily podcast for Fiber Connect 2025, we're breaking down the key announcements, presentations, and conversations at the Nashville show.

Some of the highlights of the day included: 

  • Frontier Communications’ Scott Mispagel Receives 2025 Connect the Unconnected Award
  • FBA’s state broadband summit
  • T-Mobile brings its Fiber Home Internet service
  • Fiber Broadband Association previewed its ThoughtWaves Docume...
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In Lightwave’s day two podcast for Fiber Connect 2025, we're breaking down the key announcements, presentations, and conversations at the Nashville show.

Some of the highlights of the day included: 

  • Economic Impact Underscores Importance of NTIA BEAD Program
  • Nokia's co-existence solution for 10G, 25G, and 50G PON
  • The marriage of fiber and AI
  • Enhancing middle mile networks 
  • Ting emphasizes community-centric approach to deliveri...
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In the first episode Lightwave’s daily podcast for Fiber Connect 2025, we're breaking down the key announcements, presentations, and conversations at the Nashville show.

Some of the highlights of the day included: 

  • Keynote speeches from Sasktel, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn and Ting Internet
  • Sean Buckley’s hosting of the Tribal Broadband: Key Considerations and Expectations Creating the Framework for Innovation and Enhanced C...
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In this new Broadband Pulse podcast, Lightwave editor Sean Buckley talked to David Zumwalt, President and CEO of WISPA. 

During this episode, Zumwalt addressed how the federal government could simplify the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program.

He also addressed the FCC's move to pull to ban all bulk billing agreements in multi-tenant environments (MTEs). 

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In Broadband Pulse podcast's special Memorial Day holiday edition, we’re rounding up new broadband builds from various providers over the past week. 

We’re tracking new broadband deployments from altafiber, Bluepeak, Comcast, Fidium, GoNetspeed, IdeaTek, Kinetic and Stellar Broadband.

We also highlight two key broadband developments made over the past week that will likely alter the competitive landscape in broadband: AT&T's mo...

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In this episode of the Broadband Pulse podcast, host Sean Buckley, editor in chief of Lightwave and BTR, talked to Sean Baillie, SVP of Carrier, Channel and Hyperscale for Consolidated Communications about new wholesale opportunities for the data center services market.

As data center connectivity demands rise due to AI's emergence, Consolidated has responded by expanding its platform and delivering high-capacity network options.

C...

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In this episode of the Broadband Pulse podcast, we talked with Chris Bonavita, VP of strategy and technology adoption for GTT, about the provider's vision to simplify enterprise customers’ consumption of managed services.  

Last September, GTT launched GTT Envision, a global technology platform for connecting, orchestrating, virtualizing, and automating enterprise networks. Built on its network backbone, GTT Envision enables enterp...

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