CTC President Joanne Hovis spoke today at the Federal Communications Commission's broadband workshop in Washington, D.C. Representing the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA), Ms. Hovis spoke on a panel discussing “Future Fiber Architectures and Local Deployment Choices.”

The goal of the workshop series is to promote an open dialogue between the FCC and key constituents on matters important to the National Broadband Plan. Today’s workshop focused specifically on “post-100-megabit/s fiber and partial-fiber solutions for the middle mile, public institutions, small to medium enterprises and homes.”