Verizon doesn’t think fiber is a must have for small business customers

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Verizon has spent the last several years building fiber rings in more than 60 markets outside of its traditional footprint, but that doesn’t mean it’s planning to use those assets to run fiber directly to every customer. Chief Financial Officier Matt Ellis said it’s currently using its fiber backbone to serve up fixed wireless access (FWA) to business customers and it doesn’t have plans to upgrade them to wired lines anytime soon. Ellis explained fixed wireless allows it to serve new use cases that require a more mobile option, for instance enabling connectivity for food trucks and construction sites. But it’s also suitable for long-term stationary applications too, he said. The benefit there is how quickly it can be rolled out to deliver service compared to waiting for a fiber strand to be run to a building – which he noted could require digging up a business customer’s parking lot.


Verizon doesn’t think fiber is a must have for SMB customers