Sarah Bleau | Broadband Specialist
NTIA
Sarah Bleau joined NTIA in February 2021 has spent the better part of her career buying, building, and selling fiber networks. She took on the leadership role for the Broadband Infrastructure Program in Fall 2021 and saw the program through to the award recommendations and announcements made in February 2022. She is the Director for the Middle Mile program and based in Denver.
Appearances:
Day 2 - Wednesday, May 8th @ 11:25
Internet Exchange Point (IXP): Partnerships and Strategy
Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) are facilities where local ISPs, transport networks, content networks, cloud services, education networks, and others exchange data traffic. They exist predominantly in major metros like New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and Seattle. But did you know that 14 states don’t have an IXP at all? This negatively impacts wholesale pricing, network resiliency, and importantly, latency—an aspect of the digital divide that is only widening as applications and services are being developed for ultra-low-latency connections in large cities. Learn how non-profits, universities, and rural middle-mile and last-mile networks are collaborating to change the status quo and create neutral internet hubs in markets where they’ve never existed before.
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