"The white paper suggests that fiber broadband is the best overall solution for three reasons. The first is that it is more reliable, has greater capacity and lower latency than other communications platforms. Fiber is also more resistant to congestion, weather and line-of-sight limitations. And, finally, fiber is better positioned to support emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and - though the white paper doesn't mention it - the Internet of Things."
""Emerging technologies like fiber optic sensing push this even further," the white paper says. "Using existing fiber, agencies can detect events such as ground movement, utility disruptions, or even traffic flow in real time- shifting from reaction to anticipation. In this way, fiber enables faster response times while also ensuring that when disaster does strike, communications don't collapse.""
Fiber broadband underpins both public safety and disaster response phases of community protection. Examples include Siskiyou Telephone (California); Douglas Fast Net (Oregon); Hawaiian Telecom (Hawaii); United Communications (Tennessee); and PeachNet (Georgia). Fiber delivers greater reliability, higher capacity, and lower latency than other communications platforms, and resists congestion, weather, and line-of-sight limitations. Fiber is well positioned to support emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things. Fiber optic sensing enables detection of ground movement, utility disruptions, and traffic flow in real time, enabling anticipation and faster response while preserving communications during disasters. Wireless and Wi‑Fi frameworks can complement fiber for resilience.
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