This Week: Modular Pricing, Network Strain, and California's Copper Standoff
In this episode Don Kellogg and Roger Aitner discuss the rapid impact of AI on network design, noting how data‑center demand is driving shortages in fiber, glass, and resin. They review AT&T’s new "Build‑A‑Plan" modular pricing, which lets customers customize post‑paid wireless plans month‑by‑month, and consider its potential to disrupt traditional one‑line pricing. The conversation then shifts to AT&T’s legal battle with California over sunsetting its legacy copper DSL network, highlighting the tension between federal preemption and state consumer‑protection rules, and the emerging role of wireless and satellite as modern alternatives.
49. Insights From the NYU Wireless Workshop
In episode 49, Eric Larsson recounts his experience at NYU's 6G workshop, which celebrated 20 years of massive MIMO and explored its future. The discussion highlighted why massive MIMO often underperforms in real networks—operators’ abundant spectrum leads to frequency‑division scheduling...
When Giant ISPs Get Bigger, State Commissions Fight Back - Episode 8 of Unbuffered
In this episode, Christopher Mitchell talks with Ernesto Falcone, program manager for the Communications and Broadband Policy Branch of California's Public Advocates Office, about how the state is pushing back against the consolidation of large ISPs like Charter and Cox....
6G Podcast Episode 250: Nvidia–Corning Optics Expansion, NTIA Spectrum Progress, 5G FWA Uplink Gains, and Socorro Data Center Update
In this episode, Anshul Saag and analyst Mike Dano discuss several key developments shaping 5G and the emerging 6G landscape: Nvidia’s $3.2 billion partnership with Corning to add 10 % optical capacity and create 3,000 U.S. jobs; insights from the Connect X trade...
Digital vs Legal
In this episode, partner Nadia da Costa Rivero of Anderson discusses the European Digital Networks Act (DNA) and its shift from telecom‑centric regulation to a broader digital‑infrastructure mindset, highlighting the heavy compliance burdens it creates for telcos, data‑center operators, and...
This Week: Promises, Promises, Promises - Price Locks and the Cost of Predictability
In this episode, Don Kellogg and Roger Rentner dissect the upcoming Recon Analytics report “Promises, Promises, Promises,” which examines how major carriers are using price‑lock guarantees to offer customers billing predictability amid rising costs. They compare the nuances of each...
Rethinking Industrial IoT From Space.
In this episode of T‑Minus, host Maria Varmazas talks with Dave Roscoe, President of Satellite IoT for Orbcom and SkyWave, about the company’s newest industrial satellite IoT network, OGX, and the SkyWave brand that bundles satellite and cellular connectivity, devices,...
This Week: Q1 '26 Earnings - AT&T, Comcast, and Charter and the Rise of Fiber Castles
In this episode the analysts dissect Q1 2026 earnings for AT&T, Comcast and Charter, focusing on how fiber deployment—coined “fiber castles”—is reshaping subscriber dynamics. AT&T shows strong gains inside its fiber footprint but losses elsewhere, highlighting the limits of fixed wireless...
Digital Equity and the Way We Build Networks - Episode 5 of Unbuffered
In this episode of Unbuffered, hosts Chris Mitchell, Jade Piros de Carvalho, and Sean Gonsalves dissect Stephan Shuler’s article "The Free Market Lie," which compares internet access models in the United States, Germany, and Switzerland. They explore how the U.S.’s...
Inside SatEnlight's Spiral Staircase of Lasers: Interview with Startup Space Winner Matteo Vismara
In this episode, Jeffrey Hill interviews Matteo Vismara, CEO and co‑founder of Italy‑based SatNlight, the winner of the Sat Show’s 10th annual Startup Space Entrepreneur Pitch Contest. Vismara explains how his team’s optical‑communication terminal uses stacked vortex beams—visualized as a...
Paper on Terahertz-Band ISAC Receives Coveted IEEE Mimno Award
The episode explores the upcoming 6G paradigm shift toward Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC), where terahertz‑band radio waves will simultaneously transmit data and act as radar. It explains the physics challenges of terahertz frequencies—severe atmospheric absorption, massive path loss, and...
Unlocking New Space Broadband Capacity, and the Consequences of ‘On Hold’
The episode examines three major developments reshaping space broadband: the FCC’s draft order to replace the outdated EPFD framework with performance‑based spectrum sharing rules, a move that could unlock over $2 billion and boost capacity up to sevenfold; Amazon’s pending acquisition...
6G Podcast - Amazon's $11B Acquisition, Verizon & FIFA, AST SpaceMobile Launch, Ericsson's Struggles
In this episode the hosts discuss Amazon’s $11 billion acquisition of Globalstar, exploring how the deal will expand Amazon’s Leo satellite service and its implications for Apple’s emergency‑text offering and future D2D mobile connectivity. They then examine Ericsson’s weak Q1 earnings,...
NAN119: Adapting Core Automation Practices to Challenging Environments with Matt Campbell
In this episode, host Eric Cho talks with network engineer Matt Campbell about adapting core network automation practices to the ultra‑high‑stakes environment at Blue Origin. Campbell shares how his unconventional background in psychology and a hands‑on telecom systems program shaped...
The UTOPIA Model — Open Access and Community Broadband - Episode 3 of Unbuffered
In this episode of Unbuffered, Christopher Mitchell talks with Roger Timmerman, executive director of Utopia Fiber, about the consortium’s open‑access municipal fiber model and its performance. They dive into an Ookla study that ranked Utopia Fiber #1 for latency, explaining...