DAY 2 8 WISPAMERICA I MARCH 4 - 7, 2024 www.bekabusinessmedia.com Clearfield Rolls Out FiberFirst Six-inch Pedestal to Support Fiber Homes in Less-Dense Areas the satellite industry – they’re all looking at you. When I started in this industry 15 years ago, they weren’t looking at you. They didn’t know who you were, or what you were about.” This sentiment was echoed by industry visionary and professor Theodore (Ted) Rappaport in a special keynote address that focused on the emerging landscape for wireless internet delivery, and the unique challenges and remarkable opportunities facing the WISP industry, both now and into the future. As Rappaport pointed out in his presentation, fixed wireless access is becoming mainstream. Unlicensed technology is advancing at a rapid pace. And customers are remaining loyal to local service. And as a result, the WISPA community is in a prime position for growth and development. “The cellular industry is a huge beneficiary of the Wi-Fi and broadband communities,” Rappaport said. “As Richard said, we’re hot. They’ve been amazed and jealous at the capabilities you have to solve problems – the tenacity and at the customer relationships you have. You are golden. And the good news is this ecosystem is not going to change. You’ll continue to see the products, features, benefits and capabilities far faster and earlier than will ever come into a cell phone line.” J (Continued from page 1) David M. Zumwalt WISPA President & CEO Clearfield, which provides community broadband fiber connectivity, announced the CraftSmart FiberFirst six-inch pedestal, a compact, secure, aboveground access points for operators looking to expand their fiber footprint into less densely populated areas. Clearfield’s labor lite approach to product design ensures that the CraftSmart FiberFirst pedestal can be deployed by any level of field technician in the outside plant environment. “Over the next five years, fiber broadband will be deployed to more homes than ever before, meaning operators will be expanding their networks to the harder to reach places and homes – homes where the economics of delivering fiber service did not work in the past,” said Clearfield CMO, Kevin Morgan. “The compact form factor, the wide range of deployment scenarios supported and the optimized design to support craft-friendly fiber deployments allows the CraftSmart FiberFirst pedestal to expand the operator’s toolkit as it looks to build out its fiber footprint.” Clearfield’s CraftSmart product line provides physical fiber protection for delivering a turnkey-passive solution, from the central office/ headend to the customer premises. The release delivers a small, costeffective, non-metallic enclosure that has been tested to meet industry standards for strength, reliability and environmental concerns. Designed and tested to withstand harsh environmental conditions – as well as UV, chemical and impact resistance – the FiberFirst six-inch pedestal includes a built-in, multi-use metal frame optimized for mounting the small footprint SeeChange terminal. It can also accommodate other small profile Clearfield products, such as the Clearview xPAK cassette, inside of the pedestal. The six-inch pedestal provides an option to ensure that customers can leverage products that are purposebuilt to streamline the deployment of fiber broadband into any environment without adding operational or capital expense. Clearfield’s craft friendly, labor lite product designs are fieldengineered to deliver what providers need to solve pain points, in this case delivering to the needs of low-density suburban and rural deployments. J Visit Clearfield at WISPAMERICA booth #136. Need a Snack Break?
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