Bandwidth
Podcast Description
Bandwidth is the most honest podcast in broadband. Bringing you real stories and practical insights from those who’ve built, operated, and scaled ISP networks across the country.Hosted by Rick Seemann, Georgette Lopez-Aguado, Paul Dasbach, and Larry Weidig, each episode explores the operational, financial, and technical realities of delivering high-speed internet. From BEAD compliance and M&A transitions to rural broadband expansion and reducing customer churn. We dive into what matters, without the spin.Whether you’re leading a team, deploying infrastructure, or navigating broadband policy and funding, Bandwidth delivers unfiltered conversations to help you grow a stronger ISP business and serve your community.No jargon. No pitches. Just people who’ve been there.If you're a broadband leader who wants to think bigger, build smarter, and lead with heart…welcome home.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes related to broadband operations, policy challenges, and technological advancements. Episodes focus on topics such as BEAD compliance, rural broadband expansion, and customer churn reduction, offering practical examples like discussions on the impact of generative AI on internet consumption patterns.
Bandwidth is the most honest podcast in broadband. Bringing you real stories and practical insights from those who’ve built, operated, and scaled ISP networks across the country.
Hosted by Rick Seemann, Georgette Lopez-Aguado, Paul Dasbach, and Larry Weidig, each episode explores the operational, financial, and technical realities of delivering high-speed internet. From BEAD compliance and M&A transitions to rural broadband expansion and reducing customer churn. We dive into what matters, without the spin.
Whether you’re leading a team, deploying infrastructure, or navigating broadband policy and funding, Bandwidth delivers unfiltered conversations to help you grow a stronger ISP business and serve your community.
No jargon. No pitches. Just people who’ve been there.
If you’re a broadband leader who wants to think bigger, build smarter, and lead with heart…welcome home.
Operational bottlenecks in ISP growth can quietly destroy customer experience, slow installs, and create chaos before most providers even realize there’s a problem. In this episode, Rick Seemann, Georgette Lopez-Aguado, and Larry Weidig break down the operational bottlenecks that hurt ISPs most—manual processes, tribal knowledge, field technician inefficiencies, documentation gaps, and the hidden costs of scaling too fast. If you’re trying to grow your ISP without breaking your systems, this conversation gives you the playbook to scale smarter.
From field tech scheduling and billing workflows to customer support overload and undocumented processes walking out the door, this episode explores what happens when growth exposes the cracks in your operations. Rick, Georgette, and Larry share practical lessons on documentation, process building, automation, and balancing sales momentum with operational readiness—so you can protect customer experience while building for long-term growth.
- Identify the first operational workflows that typically break as customer growth accelerates
- Learn how to reduce tribal knowledge and protect your business from undocumented processes
- Understand why field technician scheduling and admin tasks can create major inefficiencies
- Discover how better documentation improves customer support, installs, and billing consistency
- Avoid the costly mistake of letting sales outpace operations without a plan
Don’t risk scaling your ISP into operational chaos. Learn how to build systems that grow with you before the bottlenecks slow everything down.
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