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This feed is Light Reading's main podcast feed for "The Light Reading Podcast," "The Divide," "The Light Reading Extra," and "What's the Story?"
Light Reading provides daily news, analysis and insight for the global communications networking and services industry. The publication was founded in 2000 and, since July 2016, has been a part of Informa Tech, a division of Informa PLC. We're part of a big team providing specialist research, media, events and training for businesses and professionals working in technology.

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    • 4.4 • 18 Ratings

This feed is Light Reading's main podcast feed for "The Light Reading Podcast," "The Divide," "The Light Reading Extra," and "What's the Story?"
Light Reading provides daily news, analysis and insight for the global communications networking and services industry. The publication was founded in 2000 and, since July 2016, has been a part of Informa Tech, a division of Informa PLC. We're part of a big team providing specialist research, media, events and training for businesses and professionals working in technology.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Divide: LiveOak Fiber's Steve Smith on deployment milestones and preparing for BEAD

    The Divide: LiveOak Fiber's Steve Smith on deployment milestones and preparing for BEAD

    This week: Steve Smith, chief revenue officer for LiveOak Fiber, on the company's deployment milestones in Florida and Georgia, lessons learned along the way and how LiveOak is getting ready for BEAD.


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    • 24 min
    What's the Story? Tales of woe from the island of misfit AI toys

    What's the Story? Tales of woe from the island of misfit AI toys

    Light Reading's Mike Dano joins the podcast with an update on developments in AI gadgets and services, and why the hodgepodge of smart glasses and AI pins have yet to wow consumers or service providers.
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    • 16 min
    Fixed wireless or fiber? Why not both?

    Fixed wireless or fiber? Why not both?

    NextLink CSO Claude Aiken discusses the rise of fixed wireless access, the need to automate and simplify broadband provisioning, and how state broadband offices fare when it comes to communication with ISPs.
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    • 24 min
    Former Voxel COO on moving from the 'Wild West days' to sustainable data centers

    Former Voxel COO on moving from the 'Wild West days' to sustainable data centers

    The SSIA's Zachary Smith explains hardware interoperability, sustainability and energy use challenges within data centers. He also discusses interest in expanding the use of liquid cooling in data centers and the challenges to deploying that technology.
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    • 32 min
    The Divide: Why California may pass a new law on digital discrimination

    The Divide: Why California may pass a new law on digital discrimination

    This week: Digital equity advocates Shayna Englin (California Community Foundation) and Kevin Miller (Fresno Coalition for Digital Inclusion) on digital discrimination in California and a new legislative effort to end it.
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    • 30 min
    MVNO platform looks to add connectivity, not complexity

    MVNO platform looks to add connectivity, not complexity

    Five-year-old OXIO is connecting to telecom networks, so you don't have to. The company's CEO said his platform takes the best parts of telecom networks and layers services on top.
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    • 15 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
18 Ratings

18 Ratings

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Easy way to Learn outside my core tech Area

I really have enjoyed this podcast since I found in late in 2020. I listen to the new ones and go back through the history.

I am in tech, but not not in the backbone networking. I find this really interesting, and have learned lot from this. If you have a broad tech background, this is easy to listen to and mostly understand,.

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