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most cases we’ve been successful without having to do that. BBC: Verizon has done a lot of work with vendors to improve FTTH technology, especially in MDUs, and to push costs down. Are there still more opportunities for cost savings? pC: We’re continuing to make advancements – improving fiber, using splice-free connectors, introducing desktop ONTs – and there are still some areas where we believe we can drive costs down and provide additional options for consumers. DIreCTIoNs For GroWTH BBC: Is any part of the country prime territory for MDUs? FTTH IndUsTRy leAdeRs Our strategy is to move customers from copper to FiOS within our own territory. It will mean a lot in terms of maintenance cost savings. pC: The Northeast. Just on the basis of pure numbers, that represents 70 percent of the opportunity. Other areas of the country – Florida and California especially – are starting to grow because large numbers of housing foreclosures have created rental opportunities. BBC: There have been rumors that VEC would become the “CLEC from Hell” in areas outside Verizon territory where fiber was available. pC: We’re not anywhere close to that strategy. Our strategy is to move customers from copper to FiOS within our own territory. If the copper plant has really gotten old and if fiber is already there, we want to see them switch to fiber. It will mean a lot in terms of maintenance cost savings. Ten percent of the copper base generates 70 percent of the dispatches. It’s still too early to tell what the Verizon Wireless purchase of spectrum from cable companies will mean in the long term. Out of franchise, selling wireless services will be part of our strategy. It’s too early to discuss what it will mean for us in franchise. BBC: At the FTTH Conference last fall, Virginia Ruesterholz talked about wireless/wireline integration (particularly LTE and FiOS) as the next big challenge for Verizon. How do you see this affecting VEC? pC: Obviously, we can bundle wireless and wireline products and create a quadruple play. But beyond that, we’re looking at it and meeting with the wireless side to see if there are other opportunities to enhance the consumer experience in the multifamily market. There will be opportunity to create a collaboration with wireless in this space. It’s coming. v Powered by: AMT_SummitAd_Final Print-Ready.indd 1 3/2/12 4:12:01 PM 24 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | <strong>March</strong>/april 2012
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