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The Kontron Lumia T6 has a 3.4 Tbps switching capacity and an upgrade path to 50G-PON and 100G-PON without a chassis swap. If you're making OLT decisions today that have to last 10 years, that roadmap matters. psitec.me/Lumia-T6 #FiberOptics #XGSPON #OLT

GPON or XGS-PON? Kontron Lumia OLTs run both from the same platform. Legacy subscribers stay connected. New XGS-PON subscribers come online. Migration happens at your pace, not on a hard cutover. C16: compact 1U, 16 combo ports, -40°C to +65°C range. T6: 6-slot chassis, 3.4 Tbps switching, 20,000+ users, path to 50G/100G-PON. psitec.me/Lumia-T6 psitec.me/Lumia-C16 #FiberOptics #XGSPON #OLT

Race Communications has invested $200M+ in California fiber buildouts in 2026 alone. Lodi, Fresno, Central Valley. BEAD plan approved last week. Private investment plus utility partnership plus BEAD is the stack that actually gets fiber built in communities where the economics don't work for any one player alone. psitec.com #FiberOptics #BEAD #UtilityBroadband

Race Communications is building fiber in Lodi, California in partnership with Lodi Electric Utility and Lodi Public Works. Race's VP of Government Affairs: the project would not have been possible without the utility and public works partnership. This is the model: utility brings conduit and ROW. ISP builds and operates. Community gets fiber. Source: @BBCMag psitec.com #FiberOptics #UtilityBroadband

This week in broadband: BEAD satellite locations being reallocated. California's program finally approved. FCC modified broadband label rules. The policy environment is moving faster than most planning cycles can keep up with. PSI has been here since 1985. Have a good weekend. psitec.com #FiberOptics #BEAD

Broadband labels have been required since 2024. Yesterday the FCC simplified the rules significantly. The machine-readability requirement is gone. Fee itemization is now "up to" rather than line-by-line. Point-of-sale display is now a hyperlink. Small ISPs with compliance overhead on labels: the updated rules are worth a look. psitec.com #FCC #Broadband

FCC voted 3-0 yesterday to simplify broadband label rules. For ISPs: machine-readability eliminated, fee itemization simplified, point-of-sale display replaced with a hyperlink. ACA Connects: "Streamlining overly complex, costly, and confusing requirements will help consumers better understand their broadband options." @LightReading @FCC #FCC #Broadband #ISP

Bluepeak is working with Harmonic to bring fiber to MDU buildings. MDU connectivity is one of the harder last-mile problems in fiber deployment. The economics of passing a building vs. connecting every unit inside it are genuinely different. Positron's GAM series is built just for that. psitec.me/GAM-PWR-4-M #FiberOptics #MDU #FTTx

@RippleFiber wrapped a $20M fiber build in the Outer Banks of North Carolina last week. Light Reading's Buildout column tracked 64,000+ locations reached by new construction across the US this week alone. Private fiber investment didn't wait for BEAD. Neither did the mapping data. Source: @LightReading psitec.com #FiberOptics #FiberConstruction

The BEAD mapping data keeps shifting as private fiber investment closes gaps BEAD was supposed to fill. $354 million in estimated savings from locations no longer needing federal funding. The build-first operators are writing themselves out of the subsidy picture. That's not a bad outcome. psitec.com #BEAD #FiberOptics #ISP

New York Law School analysis: states are removing ~35% of locations awarded to LEO satellite operators from BEAD plans. About 312,000 locations now considered served because private ISPs built fiber there while BEAD was in approval limbo. Operators who kept building didn't wait. Turns out that was the right call. Source: @FierceNetwork / NY Law School ACLP psitec.com #BEAD #FiberOptics

The Volt Typhoon threat to utility and carrier networks was specifically about attackers gaining persistent access to infrastructure without being detected. Encrypting data at layer 4 with customer-controlled keys means compromised infrastructure doesn't mean compromised data. psitec.me/Certes-VT-AD #Cybersecurity #UtilityBroadband

Standard perimeter security assumes you control the network your data travels on. ISPs, utilities, and municipalities often don't. Data crosses leased lines, third-party WANs, multi-cloud hops. Certes DPRM encrypts the data itself. Customer-controlled keys. No rip-and-replace. NIST PQC aligned. psitec.me/Certes-DPRM #Cybersecurity #NetworkSecurity #ISP

TDM migration news this week: AT&T copper retirements approved. T1 costs jumping from $600 to $10K/month for some small telcos. The timeline is no longer theoretical. Plan it on your own terms or get forced into it on someone else's. Have a good weekend! psitec.com #TDM #Telecom

TUNE IN: The @FCC's IP Transition Workshop continues today, with NTCA members Roger Nishi of @wcvt, Nick Rogness of @GoldenWestCoop, Rick Darsey of @Pelican_BB, Jeff Dupree of NECA, Douglas Meredith of @jsitel & NTCA's Justin Faulb participating. Watch: fcc.gov/live

This week on TDM migration: Monday: AT&T retiring copper at 184K+ California locations. Tuesday: Loop Telecom G7800 for operators who need TDM and IP running simultaneously. Today: Small telcos facing $10K/month T1 interconnection bills. The migration pressure is real and coming from multiple directions. psitec.com #TDM #Telecom

Great conversation today on copyright, AI, ISP's, and privacy. Thanks to everyone who tuned in and asked questions. A special thanks to @cmcsherr for sharing her knowledge and perspective. Next week: what's happening with non-deployment funds. Catch it → chat.broadbandbreakfast.com/c/broadbandliv…

Fierce Network this week: T1 interconnection prices have risen from $600/month to $10,000+/month for some small telcos, as large ILECs drag their feet on IP interconnection alternatives. The TDM-to-IP transition is not just a technology decision. It's a cost decision. @FierceNetwork psitec.com #TDM #RuralBroadband

Cable's share of US broadband connections has fallen from 65%+ to 51% in five years. Fiber-to-the-home is now 32.4% and climbing. For operators building fiber infrastructure today, the competitive math is working in your favor. psitec.com #FiberOptics #FTTx

ACA Connects supports the Commission taking a “fresh look” at whether reverse-preemption states have effectively implemented adequate pole attachment regulation that they promptly enforce. Our Members’ experience confirms that Commission oversight is necessary to ensure Congress’s statutory framework is being applied faithfully in all States. Read our Filing: FCC Comments re Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment et al. acaconnects.org/filings/fcc-co… #AmericasCommunicationsAssociation