Fiber to the Premises Dick Lynch EVP & CTO November 19, 2009
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Confidential and proprietary material for authorized Verizon personnel only. Use, disclosure or distribution of this material is not permitted to any unauthorized persons or third parties except by written agreement. 7 Future of Fiber Build costs declining –Innovations –Scale Operating costs declining –Y/Y –vs. copper Profitable field of use increasing –MDUs –Less dense areas Performance improvements –Speeds –Symmetry up/down Only technologies not bounding demand Ultra High Definition TV Business Ethernet HD Video Teleconferencing Home Health Services Smart Grid