USTELECOM

MARCH 25, 2024

This article originally ran in Capitol Weekly. You may have seen the viral video. How do you build an escape room for your kids? Put them in a room with a rotary phone, analog television, and directions written in cursive, and ask them to figure out how to get out. It is true that innovation marches ever forward, and, as it does, items once central to our lives fade from them as consumers embrace more effective approaches.

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EldoTelecom

MARCH 25, 2024

2000-2020 Incumbents slow walk, cherry pick FTTP buildout; business models cannot accommodate capex need. Publicly owned FTTP emerges as lower cost business model alternative, built by some municipalities in densely settled areas and handful of private operators and utility coops in rural areas. Some limited interest by private infrastructure funds (Macquarie) and Euro pension funds as sources of more patient capital to finance FTTP construction. 2020-2030 COVID public health measures spotlight

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