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Mapping Value: Showing the Value of FTTH Networks
From a utility and broadband perspective, fiber has changed the deployment of internet connections for homes and businesses across the...
Jun 11, 20254 min read


Investing In Your Network: 3 Ways to Demonstrate the Value of Your Fiber
When we talk about value, we’re often focused on creating value, finding creative ways to go above and beyond to deliver the best data or...
Jun 10, 20252 min read


Sustainable Energy and Smart Grid Deployment
Smart grids leverage advanced technology, monitoring, reporting, and communication to improve the reliability and sustainability of power...
May 28, 20254 min read


The Value of Pole Inventories
If we’re looking for ways to provide maximum value to utilities, low-cost, rapid inventories are a huge opportunity. It might seem like...
May 27, 20253 min read


Break through the Backlog: Double Wood Resolution Workflows
Between new pole attachments and pole inspections, hundreds of thousands of poles get replaced every year. When each of those poles has...
May 14, 20254 min read


5 Ways to Leverage Your Inspection Data for Greater Impact
New builds get a lot of attention, but it’s ongoing maintenance that keeps the lights on. If we want to protect the grid, we need to find...
May 13, 20253 min read


Resolve Double Wood Conditions with Katapult Pro
The influx of broadband deployment means more attachments, and more attachments complicate the pole replacement and attachment transfer...
Apr 28, 20253 min read


Double Wood Utility Poles: Causes, Risks, and How to Resolve Them
You replaced a pole months ago. The new one is set, energized, and carrying the primary. The old one is still standing right next to it, still holding a handful of communication attachments, still your liability if it comes down in a storm. You have probably driven past dozens like it without a clean answer for when any of them will finally come out of the ground. That second pole is double wood, and for most pole owners it is not one stubborn location. It is a slow-growing b
Apr 28, 202511 min read


3 Ways to Extend the Life and Value of Utility Data
We can do a lot more with our data when it’s uniform, meeting the right standards . Consistency in deliverables lets engineering firms...
Apr 21, 20253 min read


Digital Pole Inspections: Mobile Apps and Software Solutions
The US is home to roughly 180 million wooden utility poles, with around 2 million new poles installed every year. Between the...
Apr 15, 20255 min read
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