This webinar series focuses on utility grade broadband, providing introductory level education on the definition on utility grade broadband, materials management and system design. The topics are presented in a series of three webinars, each beginning at 11 AM EDT on October 27, 28 and 29. Registrants of the UTC Broadband Workshop from early August are provided free registration.
PRICE: Free to registrants of the Broadband Workshop
$145 for members |$245 for non-members
October 27, 2020, 11:00 AM - Noon EDT
Fiber 101A - Understanding Utility Grade Broadband (UGB) – UGB is a fiber distribution architecture optimized for the electric utility. The utility grade architecture is both reliable and scalable, from the smallest electric cooperative to the largest IOU. Utility Grade Broadband minimizes costs while maximizing fiber efficiencies, providing quality safety and simplified operations using the utility’s existing assets. Learn what Utility
Grade Broadband means to your network plans.
Speaker: Chad Dieselberg
Chad Dieselberg is the CTO of FiberRise Communications, LLC. Prior to this, he was a Senior Architect in the Solutions Group at ADTRAN working on simplifying carrier network architectures and operations.
Prior to ADTRAN, Chad worked as Engineering Manager for a carrier and CATV operator in southeast Indiana and worked to build one of the first FTTH networks in the state of Indiana. Chad ‘s experience includes central office, transmission, switching, network engineering, IP video, fixed wireless, and OSP engineering. Chad received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Northern Kentucky University.