Labor Contributed 73% of Fiber-Provider Build Costs in 2023, FBA Report Says
Labor contributed on average to 73% of underground build costs and 67% of aerial costs for fiber broadband providers in 2023, said a Fiber Broadband Association report Monday. Conducted by Cartesian, the report included regional cost variations and the cost…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
If your job depends on informed compliance, you need International Trade Today. Delivered every business day and available any time online, only International Trade Today helps you stay current on the increasingly complex international trade regulatory environment.
differential between deployment methods. “As broadband providers across the country look to leverage public and private funding to connect communities to high-quality broadband services, understanding the cost variables of deployment remains a vital component to broadband plans and proposals,” said Deborah Kish, FBA vice president-research and workforce development. Respondents to the group's survey expected deployment, engineering and permitting costs to decrease in 2024 while material prices were expected to increase. The group will present the report's findings in a webinar Wednesday at 11 a.m. EST.