#broadband

#broadband

As part of our return to following the plain language of section 706, we propose to abolish without replacement the long-term goal of 1,000/500Mbps established in the 2024 Report. Not only is a long-term goal not mentioned in section 706, but maintaining such a goal risks skewing the market by unnecessarily potentially picking technological winners and losers.

The Altice deal marks a significant step in the broadband industry as it is the first to utilize asset-backed securitization (ABS) secured by HFC receivables.

Research from Vitrifi indicates that only 3% of fibre broadband operators have fully automated their service provisioning and activation, leading to high costs and customer frustration.

Broadband providers need to evaluate their video channel offerings based on viewership data rather than automatically renewing contracts, which can lead to unprofitability.

Compared to our 2022 report, projects covered roughly 50 percent more miles, locations, and dollars invested and 91 percent are still building to new locations.

The Better Broadband Infill Project aims to deliver full-fibre broadband access to nearly 1,800 hard-to-reach sites in the Swansea Bay City Region, benefiting economically challenged areas.

"This upgrade represents a shift in networking strategy for Premium Choice, which previously had deployed Cisco core router products."

In its Q4 2024 update, global fixed broadband connections reached 1.5 billion with a quarterly growth of 0.91%, down from 1.44% in Q3 2024.

Neos Networks' study highlights that 96% of UK alternative broadband providers are considering mergers and acquisitions to navigate tough market conditions.

The dollar value is hard to define since some entities submitted more than one proposal per area and we don't yet know which we'll select.