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(Source: Fiber Broadband Association Fiber Deployment Annual Report)

➢ Typical costs ranged from $11-24 per foot for underground deployment, and $4-9 per foot for aerial deployment.

➢ These costs were largely driven by labor, which comprised 50-90% of total cost, leaving materials to contribute 10-50%. Average splits were 73% labor, 27% materials for underground construction, and 67% labor, 33% materials for aerial.

➢ While 46% of respondents reported “significant” cost increases in 2023 (greater than 10%), only 24% expect the same in 2024. Most respondents (59%) predict a slight price increase (less than 10%) and 13% expect costs to remain the same.

Up Ahead

Jan. 29-Feb.1: Realscreen Summit; New Orleans

Feb. 8: Regional Fiber Connect; Richmond, VA

Feb. 25-27: NCTC Winter Educational Conference; Las Vegas

March 5-7: ACA Connects Summit; D.C.

Quotable

“For us in our industry, the telco industry, because we’re grinding every day to drive revenue, it’s going to be a gamechanger. Anything that touches the consumer is going to be more joyful, better, more efficient. Anything that involves our networks is going to be more energy efficient, we’re going to find outages more quickly. And our people are going to be more productive from all the knowledge work we do internally. So I think it’s real and I think for us, we’ve already got use cases identified. You don’t have to be first in AI, you just have to be fast, and I think we’re on that track. The risks are real, no question about it, but unlike prior innovation cycles, I’ve never seen such awareness. Regulators are on it and companies are going to self-regulate.”

– Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries discussing AI on CNBC’s “Squawk Box”

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