New Smart Home Open House opens the door to the future of connected living
The Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) is bringing the Smart Home and Internet of Things (IoT) to the forefront at Fiber Connect 2025, taking place June 1-4, in Nashville, Tenn. This year’s event will feature new programming designed to demonstrate why fiber is the essential infrastructure for tomorrow’s bandwidth-hungry Smart Homes.
At the heart of this initiative is the Smart Home Open House, a two-day showcase dedicated to demonstrating how fiber broadband enables immersive, connected living. Featuring product demos, expert-led sessions, and real-world applications, the Smart Home Open House will show service providers how fiber networks deliver the capacity, reliability, and low latency required to support the next generation of home technology from AI assistants and VR to energy automation and telehealth.
The Smart Home Open House, held June 2-3, from 2:00-5:00 PM in the Expo Hall, will provide attendees with firsthand insights into the future of home connectivity, including:
- Extending Fiber’s Reach to Every Corner of the Home – How to ensure every user experience is seamless, high-capacity connectivity.
- Immersive Applications: What Fiber Lights Up Next – AI, IoT, VR/AR, and smart appliances transforming how we live, work and play.
- Smart Home: The Economic Advantage Hits Home – Examine fiber’s role in powering productivity, security, health, and efficiency.
“The Smart Home is no longer just about convenience — it’s a fundamental shift that’s enabling economic opportunity, energy efficiency, better healthcare access and digital security,” said Teresa McGaughey, Chair of FBA’s In-Home Experiences Committee and Vice President of Partner and Subscriber Marketing at Calix. “As data-intensive services become a part of daily life, ISP’s need future-proof networks — and only fiber has the capacity and consistency to power this transformation.”
Smart Home adoption is accelerating — and so is the demand for bandwidth. According to FBA research, the average U.S. household is projected to require over 2Gbps of broadband speed by 2030, driven by the explosion of connected devices and immersive services.
Fiber Connect 2025 will feature exclusive insights from top industry leaders, including Shentel, GloFiber, IQFiber, Dell’Oro Group, Parks Associates, alongside live demonstrations in the Expo Hall and Proof of Concept Zone that show how Smart Home technologies in action over fiber-powered networks.
For more details on Fiber Connect 2025, or to inquire about sponsorship opportunities, contact Lucy Green at lgreen@fiberbroadband.org. Stay updated by subscribing to the Fiber Broadband Association’s weekly newsletter here.
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