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Connected Nation
This is Connected Nation – an award-winning podcast focused on all things broadband. From closing the Digital Divide to simply improving your internet speeds, we talk technology topics that impact all of us, our families, and our communities.
The podcast was honored in 2024 with an Award of Excellence for Podcast Series - Technology. This is the highest honor given by the Communicator Awards. The podcast also received an Award of Distinction in 2023 and the same in 2022.
Learn more about the national nonprofit behind this podcast at connectednation.org.
Podcasting since 2020 • 149 episodes
Connected Nation
Latest Episodes
Mountain Connect 2024: How BroadbandOhio is navigating BEAD
On this episode of Connected Nation, we wrap our coverage from Mountain Connect 2024 as we sit down with the State Broadband Director from the Buckeye State to discuss the state's broadband strategic plan and the future if connectivity in Ohio....
August 08, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 40
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19:28
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Mountain Connect 2024: BEAM's leadership on broadband expansion and accessibility across Mississippi
On this episode of Connected Nation, we sit down with Sally Doty, who serves as the Director of the State Broadband Office for Mississippi, better known as BEAM. Related links:Broadban...
August 08, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 39
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19:30
Mountain Connect 2024: Key partnerships, digital equity, and the Illinois Broadband Lab
On this episode of Connected Nation, we talk with Director of State and Local Government Partnerships at ready.net. Plus, we sit down with a representative from the University of Illinois to discuss the Illinois Broadband Lab and ca...
August 08, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 38
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30:32
Mountain Connect 2024: Nokia's Network in a Box and the one thing most people get wrong about the company
On this episode of Connected Nation, we continue our coverage from Mountain Connect, which is taking place in Denver, Colorado.We talk with leadership at Nokia and discuss the company's movement into rural America, it's "network in a bo...
August 07, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 37
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12:44
Mountain Connect 2024: The high-tech (and dangerous) broadband job that some say needs regulation now
On this episode of Connected Nation, we continue our coverage from Mountain Connect, which is taking place in Denver, Colorado. We talk with a leader at the Fiber Optics Network about the need for regulations surrounding a critical broa...
August 07, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 36
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32:19
