Panel: Sweating FTTH assets - Turning homes passed into ROI

September 02, 2026
Metro Connect Fall stage - Level 3
Metro Connect Fall

In recent years, FTTH has been dominated by a race to build and overbuild markets with capital-intensive new networks coming online the focus on monetization and increasing penetration rates is increasing, changing the definition of success from homes passed to uptake and ROI.

  • What strategies are operators pursuing to drive up penetration rates? Is customer experience, emerging as a key differentiator to drive uptake?
  • Do value added service like, ISP MVNOs or cybersecurity, represent the most effective way to increase ARPU?
  • How are operators positioning business for sale?
Chairperson
Marc Powell
Marc Powell, Managing Director -- US Public Sector Infrastructure Leader - Alvarez and Marsal Public Sector Services, LLC.
Speakers
Bob Thompson
Bob Thompson, Founder & CEO - Underline
Jack Waters
Jack Waters, CEO - Intrepid Fiber
Butch Brock
Butch Brock, CSO - Dragonfly Internet
Sanyogita Shamsunder
Sanyogita Shamsunder, CTO - GEOLINKS