Tips from a Network Operator on Deploying Fiber, With Mark Freeman

Update: 2021-08-24

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Cullman Electric Cooperative launched Sprout Fiber in 2020. Mark Freeman, Cullman’s manager of network operations, was a 2021 Fiber Connect conference panelist on the topic of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Lessons Learned from Network Operators." In this episode, Mark discusses Sprout’s successes, plus challenges that other cooperatives looking to enter the fiber business should consider during the buildout phase of a network.

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Tips from a Network Operator on Deploying Fiber, With Mark Freeman

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Tips from a Network Operator on Deploying Fiber, With Mark Freeman