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What is OSP Design?
OSP is short for outside plant. It refers to the physical infrastructure used to install, maintain, and manage telecom networks. Whether...
Mar 1, 20243 min read


Katapult: About Us
Recently, a local organization sat down with Andrew Bryden, our Chief Visionary Officer, and picked his brain about who Katapult is and...
Mar 1, 20242 min read


The Invisible Heroes
How are you reading this right now? Sure, you may be on your phone, a tablet, a laptop, or a PC. But how are these words showing up on...
Mar 1, 20243 min read


Pennsylvania BEAD Update
Now that the NTIA has approved Pennsylvania’s Volume I BEAD proposal, PA is officially entering the challenge portion of BEAD funding....
Feb 28, 20242 min read


Katapult Pro Admin Report Manual
Despite what the name suggests, the Admin Report can be accessed by any user within the software. To find it, open the nine-square App Tray and click "Project Management." To the left, you'll find the Admin Report section. You can use this to create more customized reports for various jobs and attributes. When you first go to the page, the Reports Manager window will appear in the middle. You can click on the "Select a Report" dropdown to open an existing report you've made,
Feb 21, 20245 min read


How to Collect Good Data
Collecting data is an essential step in broadband deployment. Teams have to be able to gather info efficiently to keep from slowing down...
Feb 16, 20242 min read


Underserved Communities Need You
...to help with BEAD funding. Broadband Breakfast hosted a virtual panel with state broadband offices on Wednesday. The eight states...
Feb 6, 20241 min read


How to Build a Healthy Joint Use Program
Joint use is the linchpin of pole attachments– it’s the piece of the puzzle that connects attachers and pole owners. The fundamental...
Feb 1, 20243 min read


BEAD Walkout Tools
Most of the work we tend to see over here at Katapult involves long haul and middle-mile connection as opposed to last-mile FTTx. But...
Jan 29, 20242 min read


Katapult Pro Lingo
We've heard your requests and are happy to answer with a glossary for terms commonly used by teams working with Katapult Pro! A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A admin report - an application in Katapult Pro that allows you to aggregate data from multiple jobs with filtered connection, section, and node attributes into a single job, spreadsheet, or other exports. This can be accessed at katapultpro.com/admin-report . alpha release - a ver
Jan 26, 20249 min read
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