Broadband Breakfast on May 27, 2026 - The State of Broadband Deployment: Progress, Gaps, and Early Outcomes

Broadband deployment is accelerating across the country, but progress isn’t uniform, and the real impact is just beginning to take shape. This session brings together companies tracking, mapping, and analyzing network buildout to examine where networks are being built, where gaps remain, and how deployment patterns are evolving as funding flows into the market. What can we learn from the latest deployment trends? And what do early outcomes suggest about the next phase of broadband expansion?

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Panelists

• Brian Allenby , Director of State Solutions, CostQuest Associates
• Bryan Darr , Vice President, Government Affairs, Ookla
• Alexei Monsarrat , Director of Broadband Projects, Vermont Department of Public Service
• Other panelists have been invited
• Drew Clark (moderator), CEO and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast

Brian Allenby serves as Director of State Solutions at CostQuest Associates, where he supports states, ISPs and other stakeholders as they navigate broadband planning, mapping, and BEAD implementation. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer of the Maine Connectivity Authority, where he oversaw last-mile broadband infrastructure programs, grant administration, finance, and communications related to the state’s progress toward universal connectivity. Allenby holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, Law, Economics, and Government from American University.

Bryan Darr is the Vice-President of Government Affairs at Ookla, spearheading the company’s programs for federal, state and local governments. He also leads Ookla’s advocacy efforts with lawmakers and policy organizations, promoting the value of both crowdsourced intelligence and controlled network performance collection to help with better data-driven decisioning. He currently serves on CTIA’s Connected Infrastructure Working Group, WIA’s Innovation Technology Council and the Wireless History Foundation’s Board of Directors.

Breakfast Media LLC CEO Drew Clark has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008. An early proponent of better broadband, better lives, he initially founded the Broadband Census crowdsourcing tool to collect and verify broadband data left unpublished by the Federal Communications Commission. As CEO and Publisher, Clark presides over the leading media community advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.