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Ash Brown joins Pennsylvania rural broadband panel at Regional Fiber Connect

Session will explore the multiple ways stakeholders can work together to more effectively bridge the digital divide in underserved areas

  • Speakers: Ash Brown, senior director of field marketing at Adtran; Angela Siefer, executive director of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance
  • Topics: Fireside chat: If you build it, will they come?

Simply laying fiber doesn’t guarantee adoption. Many communities still face barriers to connectivity, from affordability to lack of awareness about available services. Even when high-speed networks reach underserved areas, we must engage with communities to ensure everyone understands how they can gain access to them. Only with a joined-up strategy involving all stakeholders can we permanently close the digital divide.

In this session, Ash Brown and Angela Siefer will explore the factors influencing broadband adoption and digital inclusion. They will discuss real-world challenges and strategies for ensuring fiber deployments targeted at underserved communities translate into accessible connectivity and highlight successful engagement strategies that drive subscriber growth.