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by 2017. It also found that 66 percent
of subscribers currently access respon-
dents’ broadband networks using copper
technologies, while 35 percent gain entry
via fiber; both percentages will move in
opposite directions this year.
Citing cost of deployment as a factor,
half of respondents either have no plans
to deploy or are unsure if they will de-
ploy FTTdp and/or G.fast technologies.
More information is available at www.
infonetics.com.
U.S. Business Fiber
Penetration Hits 42.5 Percent
B
usiness fiber penetration of commercial build-
ings in the U.S. increased to 42.5 percent in 2014,
according to latest research from Vertical Systems
Group. This compares to a penetration rate of
only 10.9 percent in 2004. These statistics measure fiber
availability at company-owned and multi-tenant buildings
with 20 or more employees, which covers more than two-
million individual business establishments.
“Accessibility to fiber-based business services in the U.S.
nearly quadrupled between 2004 and 2014, with hundreds of
thousands of sites newly fiber-connected during this time pe-
riod. As a result of this growth, our fiber penetration bench-
mark now exceeds 40 percent for the first time,” said Rose-
mary Cochran, principal at Vertical Systems Group. “Looking
forward, the high stakes endgame for network operators is to
deepen and broaden their service infrastructures around fi-
ber—the future of wireline.”
In the U.S., fiber is used to deliver the majority of Carrier
Ethernet service connections. Fiber implementations are also in-
creasing for access to high-speed IP/MPLS VPN services, cloud
and internet connectivity, and mobile backhaul applications.
More information is available at
www.verticalsystems.com.
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