Episodes

  • California’s Affordable Broadband Play and Wi-Fi Under Threat | Episode 116 of the Connect This! Show

    California’s Affordable Broadband Play and Wi-Fi Under Threat | Episode 116 of the Connect This! Show
    Jun 30 2025
    Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband), Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) and special guest Shayna Englin (California Community Foundation) to talk about all the recent broadband news that’s fit to print. Topics include: Join us […]
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • BEAD Overhauled | Connect This! Show

    BEAD Overhauled | Connect This! Show
    Jun 10 2025
    Catch an emergency episode of the Connect This! Show, with host Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) joined by Lori Adams (Nokia), Heather Mills (Tilson), and Blair Levin (Brookings) to talk about the raft of fundamental changes to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Act (BEAD) announced by NTIA last Friday. States are required to rebuild and resubmit […]
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • BEAD Falls Apart | Episode 115 of the Connect This! Show

    BEAD Falls Apart | Episode 115 of the Connect This! Show
    Jun 10 2025
    Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting), and special guest Josh Etheridge to talk about all the recent broadband news that’s fit to print. Bountiful, Utah and Oakland, California announce […]
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Charter and Cox Merge, Hotspots Under Threat, and the End of the Digital Equity Act | Episode 114 of the Connect This! Show

    Charter and Cox Merge, Hotspots Under Threat, and the End of the Digital Equity Act | Episode 114 of the Connect This! Show
    May 8 2025
    Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) and special guest Angela Siefer (National Digital Inclusion Alliance) to talk about all the recent broadband news that’s fit to print. Topics include: […]
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Project Kuiper, Fixing Urban Mobile, and Kentucky Wired | Episode 113 of the Connect This! Show

    Project Kuiper, Fixing Urban Mobile, and Kentucky Wired | Episode 113 of the Connect This! Show
    Apr 28 2025
    Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) to talk about all the recent broadband news that’s fit to print. Topics include: Join us live on May 2nd at 2pm ET, […]
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • The Future of Passive Optical Networks | Episode 112 of the Connect This! Show

    The Future of Passive Optical Networks | Episode 112 of the Connect This! Show
    Apr 18 2025
    Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) and special guest Shane Eleniak (Calix) to talk about: Join us live on April 18th at 2pm ET, or listen afterwards wherever you […]
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • The Most Consequential Year in Telecom History Since 1996 | Episode 111 of the Connect This! Show

    The Most Consequential Year in Telecom History Since 1996 | Episode 111 of the Connect This! Show
    Mar 28 2025
    Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) with special guest Blair Levin (New Street Research) to talk about states asking the federal government for defaulted RDOF funds back, the Arielle […]
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • The Revolving Door, the Limit of Public Dollars, and Whether the Maps Will Matter After BEAD | Episode 110 of the Connect This! Show

    The Revolving Door, the Limit of Public Dollars, and Whether the Maps Will Matter After BEAD | Episode 110 of the Connect This! Show
    Mar 14 2025
    Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) to talk about a grab-bag of topics including: Join us live on March 14th at 2pm ET, or listen afterwards wherever you get […]
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    1 hr and 15 mins