Bandwidth
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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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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.
AI for broadband operators is moving beyond chatbots. The bigger question now is what happens when AI stops simply answering questions and begins identifying patterns, recommending decisions, and taking action inside an ISP. In this episode of Bandwidth, Larry Weidig, Rick Seemann, and Georgette Lopez-Aguado break down how operators should think about the next stage of AI adoption, from low-risk assistance to systems that can directly affect customers, billing, and network operations.
The conversation separates AI, machine learning, and large language models before exploring the different levels of trust required as systems gain more authority. The hosts discuss when deterministic automation may actually be safer than AI, why customer-facing experimentation carries a different risk than internal workflows, where humans should remain in the loop, and why AI should be judged against the error rate of the human process it is replacing rather than an unrealistic standard of perfection.
The group also looks beyond the technology itself. Employees and subscribers still have to trust the systems they interact with, organizations have to rethink how work gets done, and operators need to understand the economics of the AI tools becoming embedded in their businesses. As model costs, vendor dependency, and automation increase, the real challenge becomes deciding where AI creates measurable value and where human judgment still matters most.
In this episode, you will learn:
- Why AI, machine learning, and LLMs should not be treated as the same thing
- How ISPs can move from AI-generated insights to recommendations and automated action
- Why different broadband workflows require different levels of trust and oversight
- When traditional automation may be safer and more predictable than AI
- Why AI mistakes should be compared with human error instead of perfection
- How customer and employee trust can shape successful AI adoption
- Why AI costs and vendor dependency should be part of an operator’s long-term strategy
Move beyond the AI hype and learn how broadband operators can decide what to automate, what to keep human, and how much control they are actually ready to hand over.
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