ASCE 2025 report card: Broadband earns a C+ grade

March 28, 2025

Broadband availability continues to rise, but having earned a C+ grade on ASCE's 2025 report card, there is still more work to be done. Lumen, meanwhile, maintains its position in wavelength services. Sean Buckley, Editor-in-Chief of Lightwave+BTR, breaks it down in this new Friday Five video. 

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Sean Buckley

Sean is responsible for establishing and executing the editorial strategies of Lightwave and Broadband Technology Report across their websites, email newsletters, events, and other information products.

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