Jeff Seidenfaden, chief commercial and customer experience officer at fiber, Bluepeak

This episode features Jeff Seidenfaden, chief commercial and customer experience officer at fiber broadband provider&nbsp;<a href="https://mybluepeak.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluepeak</a>; and Mike Podoll, a resident of Altus, Oklahoma, and a subscriber to Bluepeak since the ISP started connecting customers there in late August.

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Jason Manningham, CEO, Blockgraph

Blockgraph CEO Jason Manningham joins the podcast to discuss how the company is keeping data safe and secure amid the rising tide of targeted TV advertising.

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Steve Alexander, CTO, Ciena

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Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, Light Reading

Mike Dano joins the podcast to explain why Apple paused development on its augmented reality (AR) glasses and shifted focus to mixed reality headsets for now. We discuss the challenges of developing AR glasses and the implications for service providers who will need to provide the network connectivity to support them.

What's the Story? Apple scraps AR glasses… for now

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Kelsey Ziser, Nicole Ferraro and Phil Harvey

Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser discuss the state of decentralized wireless deployments, and why some industry groups are worried about the future of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). Jeff also provides a preview of Netflix's potential Q4 earnings results, and Kelsey shares some 800G upgrades by Infinera, in The Notebook Dump for the week ending January 20.

The Notebook Dump: DeWi pushes forward, ACP needs funds, Netflix with ads is 'meh'

Jeff Moore, Principal, Wave7 Research

Jeff Moore, principal of Wave7 Research, keeps close tabs on all things mobile, including cable's activities in the market. He attributes cable's success so far in part to scale, simplicity, affordability and a solid local retail presence.

Wave7 Research's Jeff Moore on the keys to cable's mobile success

Joe Costello, CEO, Kwikbit Internet

This episode features Joe Costello, CEO of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kwikbit.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kwikbit Internet</a>, a wireless ISP delivering broadband service to mobile home park communities in several states across the US, including Arizona, California, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.

The Divide: How Kwikbit is bringing broadband to mobile homes

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser

Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser discuss DirecTV's layoffs, more problems emerging for the pay TV market and why Nicole Ferraro gets a kick out of watching football. In addition, we cover a few cloud and data center updates, T-Mobile's plans to acquire Mint Mobile and an update on the FCC's Broadband Map in the Notebook Dump for the week ending January 13.

The Notebook Dump: DirecTV layoffs, T-Mobile wants Mint Mobile, FCC map challenges

David Dworin, VP of product management, FreeWheel

Pay-TV may be in decline, but the TV screen remains a valuable piece of real estate for advertisers as more and more premium content gets pulled into various ad-supported streaming apps and direct-to-consumer (DTC) services. It's a trend not lost on FreeWheel, the ad-tech specialist that Comcast&nbsp;acquired in 2014.

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Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Kelsey Zusterer

Jeff Baumgartner and Mike Dano are back from last week's CES event in Las Vegas with a recap on new technologies and trends from the show.

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