Fiber Broadband Association Spotlights Critical Conversations on Tribal Broadband at Fiber Connect 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C.— (April 23, 2025)—The Fiber Broadband Association (FBA), led by its Tribal Broadband Roundtable, has curated a comprehensive program to address key issues as Tribal Nations leverage fiber broadband to enhance services, expand healthcare access, create jobs, and preserve tribal heritage. Tribal Broadband topics are integrated throughout the Fiber Connect 2025 program, which takes place June 1 – 4 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The Gaylord property occupies the ancestral hunting and traditional lands of the Cherokee, Shawnee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek peoples.
Sean Evans Turns Up the Heat at Fiber Connect 2025 with Exclusive Hot Seat Interview WASHINGTON, D.C. – (April 21, 2025) – The Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) is turning up the heat at Fiber Connect 2025, the world’s largest event for fiber deployment, expansion, and innovation. This year’s conference, taking place June 1-4, in Nashville, Tenn., is set to deliver a must-see, unscripted conversation on broadband’s biggest topics—hosted by Sean Evans, the Emmy-nominated host of Hot Ones. This exclusive main stage event, set for Monday, June 2, is sponsored by TAK Broadband and will feature their CEO Trent Edwards in the fiber broadband hot seat.
This week on Fiber for Breakfast, Eric Frederick, Michigan’s first Chief Connectivity Officer talks about the mission and goals of the Michigan High-Speed Internet Office (MIHI). He discusses the early challenges he faced stepping into the role, the team’s progress on Michigan’s Digital Equity Plan, and what’s ahead in their mission to connect every Michigander.