Re: Fiber/OSP Technician Training and Apprenticeship Programs

2023-12-05 Thread Aaron Axvig via NANOG
On 2023-11-16 2:51 pm, Rhys Barrie via NANOG wrote: Hey all, I've recently been working with our county's broadband task force, investigating the expansion and equity of broadband networks on a local and state level. Through that, it's become clear that there's a painful shortage of fiber /

Re: Fiber/OSP Technician Training and Apprenticeship Programs

2023-11-17 Thread Josh Luthman
I personally find college, for the most part, as a scam and simply a quick way to enter into debt. Yes there are exceptions, like everything. I/We started doing fixed wireless in 2006 with no training. We started fiber to the home in 2019 with little training - a neighbor to the north showed us

Fiber/OSP Technician Training and Apprenticeship Programs

2023-11-16 Thread Rhys Barrie via NANOG
Hey all, I've recently been working with our county's broadband task force, investigating the expansion and equity of broadband networks on a local and state level. Through that, it's become clear that there's a painful shortage of fiber / outside plant technicians in the state of Michigan (if