CenturyLink's Ewing: Omaha FTTH network is a test bed

CenturyLink may only be serving Omaha (NE) with a 1 Gbps Fiber to the Home (FTTH) service, but it's keen on seeing what competitive results it produces and whether they can be potentially replicated in other markets. Stewart Ewing, CFO of CenturyLink, said the company will look at the results it gets from this pilot network. "I think we'll use that as a test bed to see again how well we can compete and penetration rates in that market versus other markets where we don't have Fiber to the Home," Ewing said. "If it makes sense to roll out fiber to other areas we'll potentially look at other areas, but that's out in the future as opposed to right now where we want to look at Omaha to see what kind of results we get there."