Homepage »VSG: AT&T ranks among the best in fiber optic lighting construction, Zayo ranks in the top ten
According to the Vertical Systems Group's 2018 U.S. Fiber Optic Lighting Building Rankings, AT&T surpassed all other U.S. service providers in fiber optic lighting architecture. AT&T ranks among the best in vertical system fiber optic lighting building research for the third consecutive year.
Vertical Systems Group defines a fiber optic lighting building as a commercial site or data center, which has network fiber connections to the network provider's infrastructure, as well as on-site active service terminal equipment. For the purpose of ranking analysis, it does not include independent base stations, small base stations not in fiber-optic lighting buildings, buildings close to the network, buildings classified as coiled on the roadside or in buildings, and HFC connected Buildings, operator central offices, residential buildings and private or dark fiber installations.
Other market leaders lagging behind AT&T, but (in order) are Verizon, Spectrum Enterprise, CenturyLink, Comcast, Cox, Crown Castle Fiber, Frontier, Zayo, Altice USA and Windstream. According to the research company, as of the end of 2018, each of these companies had 10,000 or more U.S. network fiber commercial buildings.
The ranking also lists 13 challenger-level companies-2,000 to 9,999 US fiber optic lighting buildings: Atlantic Broadband, Cincinnati Bell, Cleareon, Cogent, Consolidated Communications, FiberLight, FirstLight, GTT, IFN, Logix Fiber Networks, Segra, Unite Private Networks and United Fiber.
Rosemary Cochran, head of Vertical Systems Group, said in a prepared statement: “Following a series of mergers and acquisitions, optical fiber suppliers focused on new construction in 2018 to meet customers’ demand for higher-speed dedicated commercial service access and Support the needs of 5G pilots.". "Our research shows that although most large and medium-sized commercial buildings in the United States are illuminated by one or more suppliers with optical fiber, relatively few small multi-tenant buildings are optically connected. Wired. MSOs and regional network operators have been most actively targeting fiber optic investment opportunities in this underserved market segment."
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