The following articles provide a good overview of the role fiber plays in the telecommunications ecosystem today (there’s some good details on Google Kansas City and Louisville setbacks as well):
- An RCR Wireless article that details Verizon’s “integrated engineering process.” It also has some details on the fiber deal with Corning.
- Corning (Bob Whitman) and Verizon (Glenn Wellbrock) conversations from YouTube part 1 and part 2.
- Altice press release announcing first homes on Long Island to receive 960 Mbps symmetrical speeds for $80/ month.
- Google missing their deployment goals for Kansas City, KS and Mission Hills, KS
- Telecompetitor AT&T Fiber penetration article in which they talk about doubling market share. The map see in the article (AT&T Fiber cities) is here.
- Cincinnati Bell 2Q investor penetration showing that AT&T’s goal of achieving 50% market share is entirely possible with the right content bundles (they are at 44% without the content – see page 7).
- Blair Levin’s and Larry Downs Harvard Business Review article on Why Google Fiber failed and how it’s really a success in disguise. Rationalization gone awry. This might have been the case if their more recent deployments had not damaged their brand.
- Local (Louisville Courier-Journal) coverage of Google’s decision to pull out of the Louisville market is here.
- Google’s plans to expand their Webpass (60 GHz wireless hub and spoke) service for Multi-Dwelling Units Austin is outlined here.
- The Dallas Morning News rant on Frontier’s failures is a classic and outlined here.
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