Since those early days of deregulation and channel expansion, Shapiro has continued to work at the leading edge of broadband developments, as an independent consultant and a senior analyst with firms such as Paul Kagan Associates, Probe Research and Pangrac & Associates. He has also authored numerous articles and reports covering the broadband industry.

Shortly after passage of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, Shapiro authored a groundbreaking 375-page study entitled Superhighway Scenarios: An Analysis of Full Competition in the Local Loop. The report won praise as the most comprehensive and forward-looking analysis of broadband markets in the post-legislation competitive era.

Shapiro founded Broadband Markets to continue helping clients foresee the impacts of emerging trends and navigate a course to success in the uncharted waters of broadband competition.