Eric Fruits and Brian Albrecht Cited in Mobile Europe on Copper Retirement Costs
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A column in Mobile Europe analyzes the efficiency of telecommunications infrastructure and the transition from copper to fiber following discussions at Mobile World Congress. The piece cites an ICLE brief by Director of Economic Research Eric Fruits and Chief Economist Brian Albrecht regarding the operational cost differences between fiber and legacy networks.
According to this article on the International Center for Law and Economics’ website, industry analysis estimates that all-fibre networks cost about $91 less per home annually in the US than copper-based DSL networks, and AT&T reports fibre costs roughly 35% less per subscriber to maintain.