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National Post
20 hours ago
- Business
- National Post
RouteThis CEO Jason Moore Wins Fiber Broadband Association's 2025 "Fiber Under Forty" Award
Article content KITCHENER, Ontario — RouteThis, a leader in WiFi customer experience (CX) solutions, is proud to announce that Co-Founder and CEO Jason Moore was named the winner of the Fiber Broadband Association's 2025 Fiber Under Forty Award. The honor was announced during the FBA Awards Luncheon at Fiber Connect 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. Article content The Fiber Under Forty award celebrates rising stars who are making significant contributions to the fiber broadband industry early in their careers. Jason Moore was recognized for his visionary leadership and groundbreaking work in reshaping how service providers deliver high-performance WiFi experiences. Article content 'The individuals and organizations recognized this year are driving real progress in our industry,' said Gary Bolton, President and CEO of Fiber Broadband Association. 'Their leadership, innovation and commitment to delivering high-performance fiber broadband are not only connecting communities, but also shaping the future of economic opportunity and technological advancement.' Article content With a background in electrical engineering and over a decade of broadband experience, Moore has led RouteThis in creating a CPE-agnostic platform that helps ISPs improve their quality of install, reduce truck rolls, increase ARPU, and scale support operations efficiently. Most recently, under Moore's guidance, RouteThis launched a groundbreaking WiFi self-install solution designed to enable ISPs to deliver smarter, more intuitive self-installs – while still ensuring that subscribers get the best WiFi experience from Day One. Article content Moore is also pioneering the use of AI, WiFi diagnostics, OCR, and AR to make WiFi customer experience more personalized, visual and adaptive – whether it's an install, repair or support interaction, ultimately helping providers differentiate in a competitive market. His work has been especially impactful as providers expand into more rural and underserved areas, where scaling efficient support and seamless installation while reducing OpEx is critical. Article content The 2025 Fiber Broadband Association Awards drew nearly 100 submissions and recognized standout individuals and organizations shaping the future of fiber. Moore's win affirms his place among the most influential voices guiding the next era of broadband innovation. Article content For more information, visit About RouteThis RouteThis is transforming WiFi customer experience by empowering Service Providers and Smart Home brands to deliver exceptional residential WiFi installation, repair, and support with CPE-agnostic software solutions and remote support platforms. RouteThis has served over 200 companies globally, driving value by reducing average handle times, deploying fewer truck rolls, and increasing average revenue per user. Headquartered in Ontario, Canada, visit and follow us on LinkedIn to learn more. Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content
Business Wire
21 hours ago
- Business
- Business Wire
RouteThis CEO Jason Moore Wins Fiber Broadband Association's 2025 'Fiber Under Forty' Award
KITCHENER, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- RouteThis, a leader in WiFi customer experience (CX) solutions, is proud to announce that Co-Founder and CEO Jason Moore was named the winner of the Fiber Broadband Association's 2025 Fiber Under Forty Award. The honor was announced during the FBA Awards Luncheon at Fiber Connect 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Fiber Under Forty award celebrates rising stars who are making significant contributions to the fiber broadband industry early in their careers. Jason Moore was recognized for his visionary leadership and groundbreaking work in reshaping how service providers deliver high-performance WiFi experiences. 'The individuals and organizations recognized this year are driving real progress in our industry,' said Gary Bolton, President and CEO of Fiber Broadband Association. 'Their leadership, innovation and commitment to delivering high-performance fiber broadband are not only connecting communities, but also shaping the future of economic opportunity and technological advancement.' With a background in electrical engineering and over a decade of broadband experience, Moore has led RouteThis in creating a CPE-agnostic platform that helps ISPs improve their quality of install, reduce truck rolls, increase ARPU, and scale support operations efficiently. Most recently, under Moore's guidance, RouteThis launched a groundbreaking WiFi self-install solution designed to enable ISPs to deliver smarter, more intuitive self-installs – while still ensuring that subscribers get the best WiFi experience from Day One. Moore is also pioneering the use of AI, WiFi diagnostics, OCR, and AR to make WiFi customer experience more personalized, visual and adaptive – whether it's an install, repair or support interaction, ultimately helping providers differentiate in a competitive market. His work has been especially impactful as providers expand into more rural and underserved areas, where scaling efficient support and seamless installation while reducing OpEx is critical. The 2025 Fiber Broadband Association Awards drew nearly 100 submissions and recognized standout individuals and organizations shaping the future of fiber. Moore's win affirms his place among the most influential voices guiding the next era of broadband innovation. For more information, visit About RouteThis RouteThis is transforming WiFi customer experience by empowering Service Providers and Smart Home brands to deliver exceptional residential WiFi installation, repair, and support with CPE-agnostic software solutions and remote support platforms. RouteThis has served over 200 companies globally, driving value by reducing average handle times, deploying fewer truck rolls, and increasing average revenue per user. Headquartered in Ontario, Canada, visit and follow us on LinkedIn to learn more.
Business Wire
4 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Fiber Broadband Association Membership Surges as Industry Investment Accelerates
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today at , the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) announced accelerated growth throughout its organization, including membership, working groups, and events. As public and private investment in fiber broadband increases, FBA provides the advocacy, research, tools, and opportunities the industry needs to accelerate fiber network deployments across North America. FBA supports the entire fiber broadband ecosystem, from network operators to technology innovators. The industry is investing significantly in fiber to ensure all Americans are connected and FBA is a lifeline to ensure they have the right resources and knowledge to get the job done right the first time. Its membership in North America has grown 178% in the last five years—hitting nearly 20% growth in 2025 alone and reaching 625 member companies in May 2025. More network operators have joined FBA than ever before, currently representing 45% of its membership. 'As historic investments flow into fiber broadband, the need for trusted collaboration, education, and best practices has never been greater,' said Jennifer Vassil, Vice President, Membership, Fiber Broadband Association. 'The rapid growth of our membership demonstrates the fact that FBA is a critical partner to those delivering reliable, high-quality connectivity to communities across North America. We're honored to support and amplify this momentum.' In addition to membership growth, FBA has experienced an uptick in engagement as well with 1,450 employees from member companies contributing to FBA committees and working groups. FBA North America now has 19 committees, roundtables, and working groups that are focused on developing and publishing studies and industry best practices. Four new working groups were added this year, including the AI & Machine Learning Working Group, Membership Working Group, Middle Mile Working Group, and the Canadian Working Group. To support its rapid growth, FBA added nearly 40% more staff over the past two years and has grown its events series to include more Regional Fiber Connect workshops, policy-focused events in Washington, D.C., and member meet ups. FBA members can also participate in the FBA Community, an online forum for knowledge and resource-sharing. To learn more about FBA membership, visit the FBA website or subscribe to FBA's Fiber Forward Weekly newsletter here to stay updated on FBA news and more. About the Fiber Broadband Association The Fiber Broadband Association is the largest and only trade association that represents the complete fiber ecosystem of service providers, manufacturers, industry experts, and deployment specialists dedicated to the advancement of fiber broadband deployment and the pursuit of a world where communications are limitless, advancing quality of life and digital equity anywhere and everywhere. The Fiber Broadband Association helps providers, communities, and policymakers make informed decisions about how, where, and why to build better fiber broadband networks. Since 2001, these companies, organizations, and members have worked with communities and consumers in mind to build the critical infrastructure that provides the economic and societal benefits that only fiber can deliver. The Fiber Broadband Association is part of the Fibre Council Global Alliance, which is a platform of six global FTTH Councils in North America, LATAM, Europe, MEA, APAC, and South Africa. Learn more at
Business Wire
4 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Fiber Broadband Association Marks Industry Investment in U.S. Manufacturing
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today at , the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) released data that shows the positive potential of NTIA BEAD (Broadband Equity Access and Deployment) broadband infrastructure funding program, reflected through its members' investment response to comply with Build America, Buy America (BABA) for the program. A number of FBA's BABA-compliant members reported nearly $650 million of investments to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. and 5,600 new jobs created to date. This effort has led to an additional 1,325,000 square feet of manufacturing capacity added with either new manufacturing facilities being built and/or expanded over the past two years -- representing 72+ manufacturing facilities across 28 states. Fiber is the primary network technology required by the BEAD Program to comply with BABA. "The fiber broadband industry creates thousands of jobs and contributes billions of dollars to the American economy. The BEAD program has catalyzed FBA members to onshore fiber manufacturing investment and jobs. The continuation of BEAD funding is critical for closing the digital divide, preserving good jobs, stimulating the economy, and maintaining American leadership," said Marissa Mitrovich, Vice President of Public Policy, Fiber Broadband Association. The Buy America Preference applies to BEAD funded infrastructure projects. In a February 2024 Notice of Final Waiver, the Department of Commerce (DOC) issued a limited waiver for certain construction materials and manufactured products used in BEAD funded projects. For instance, DOC found that all optic glass used in manufacturing fiber and fiber optic cable must be BABA compliant, although it provided a waiver for non-optic-glass inputs to the optical fiber pre-form process, and that key fiber transmission electronics needed to be manufactured in the U.S., although it waived the 55 percent cost of components requirement needed. The BEAD BABA Waiver is available at 'The amount of time, effort, commitment, and training required to bring these jobs back to the U.S. cannot be understated, nor should the value these jobs and facilities are having on the communities that will benefit from this new capacity,' said Anis Khemakhem, Chief Marketing Officer, Clearfield. 'The BABA commitment reaches every level of the companies involved, permeating the supply chain and demanding focused organizational alignment. The investment spans from soft costs, such as training, to hard costs, such as product tooling.' Stay updated by subscribing to the Fiber Broadband Association's weekly newsletter here. About the Fiber Broadband Association The Fiber Broadband Association is the largest and only trade association that represents the complete fiber ecosystem of service providers, manufacturers, industry experts, and deployment specialists dedicated to the advancement of fiber broadband deployment and the pursuit of a world where communications are limitless, advancing quality of life and digital equity anywhere and everywhere. The Fiber Broadband Association helps providers, communities, and policy makers make informed decisions about how, where, and why to build better fiber broadband networks. Since 2001, these companies, organizations, and members have worked with communities and consumers in mind to build the critical infrastructure that provides the economic and societal benefits that only fiber can deliver. The Fiber Broadband Association is part of the Fibre Council Global Alliance, which is a platform of six global FTTH Councils in North America, LATAM, Europe, MEA, APAC, and South Africa. Learn more at
Business Wire
4 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
New ThoughtWaves Documentary Explores the Untold Story of the Brilliant Minds, Breakthroughs, and Politics of Human Connection
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today at Fiber Connect 2025, the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) announced an exclusive first look of a new documentary, ThoughtWaves. The film interviews the most pivotal figures who created and shaped the modern, digital economy. It explores a story that began over fifty years ago, highlighting the stories of the brilliant minds, visionaries, and thought leaders across the areas of broadband policy, innovation, and adoption. Most importantly, it underscores the original intent of these founders and creators as we, today, work to connect every community to reliable broadband and grant everyone access to unlimited possibilities and opportunities. " ThoughtWaves is the story of how we connect everyone to a better future, in a world where access to the digital economy is synonymous with opportunity. To secure our nation's success, it is necessary to invest in robust broadband infrastructure. Fiber is the only technology that can support the capacity needed today and the future of connectivity,' said Gary Bolton, President and CEO of the Fiber Broadband Association. 'This is the story of the impact we are having on the communities and people we serve, a story that is just now being told, and we are excited to see how it continues to evolve as everyone is afforded the same access to opportunity and hope.' The documentary traces the journey from the inception of the internet and the development of fiber optics to the current efforts aimed at bridging the digital divide. It showcases the conversations, conflicts, challenges, and brilliant minds that made closing the digital divide possible. It frames the critical role in ensuring equitable access to education, healthcare, economic opportunities, and technological advancements means to everyone, everywhere. Viewers will enjoy insights from industry pioneers, policymakers, and technologists, including: Vint Cerf, 'Father of the Internet' and VP and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google Laura Breeden, early internet activist, Founding Director of the Federation of American Research Networks (FARnet), Founding Director of the NTIA's Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program, and Co-Founder of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) Jean Armour Polly, 'Mother of the Internet,' early internet evangelist, known for her contributions welcoming nontechnical users to the internet and the first library to connect her library to the internet to provide community access Ajit Pai, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Andy Berke, former Mayor of Chattanooga, the first Gig City Larry Irving, former head the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications Infrastructure Administration, key architect of internet policy including the 1996 Telecommunications Act to connect schools, first African American in the Internet Hall of Fame Dr. Karen Rheuban, Co-founder and Director of the UVA Center for Telehealth Teddy Bekele, Chief Technology Officer, Land-o-Lakes Blair Levin, former Chief of Staff for FCC Chairman Reed Hunt, Author of the National Broadband Plan The Honorable Juandieago Wade, Mayor of Charlottesville Dr. Tamarah Holmes, Director, Office of Broadband, Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development Kathryn de Wit, Project Director, Broadband Access Initiative, The Pew Charitable Trusts Joseph Wender, former Director of the Capital Projects Fund at the U.S. Treasury Department Shane Seibel, Executive Director of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe Growth Fund Kirk Lougheed, Cisco Fellow Dr. Christopher Ali, Pioneers Chair, Professor of Telecommunications, Penn State University, Author of Farm Fresh Broadband The documentary will have a private screening at Fiber Connect 2025 on June 2nd, providing attendees with a unique opportunity to engage with the film's themes and contributors. ThoughtWaves was developed in partnership with Cisco, Corning, Nokia, Bonfire, EPB, and GFiber. For more information about ThoughtWaves and to view trailers, visit About the Fiber Broadband Association The Fiber Broadband Association is the largest and only trade association that represents the complete fiber ecosystem of service providers, manufacturers, industry experts, and deployment specialists dedicated to the advancement of fiber broadband deployment and the pursuit of a world where communications are limitless, advancing quality of life and digital equity anywhere and everywhere. The Fiber Broadband Association helps providers, communities, and policymakers make informed decisions about how, where, and why to build better fiber broadband networks. Since 2001, these companies, organizations, and members have worked with communities and consumers in mind to build the critical infrastructure that provides the economic and societal benefits that only fiber can deliver. The Fiber Broadband Association is part of the Fibre Council Global Alliance, which is a platform of six global FTTH Councils in North America, LATAM, Europe, MEA, APAC, and South Africa. Learn more at
