Fiber’s Role in a Disruptive Era: AI, Video Proliferation, and Counter-Urbanization
For most of the last decade, the broadband conversation centered on expansion. Build faster. Build farther. Connect more people. But this week's Fiber for Breakfast pointed to something more nuanced emerging beneath the surface: the industry is entering a period where long-term competitiveness may depend less on pure expansion, and more on how operators navigate a much more complicated mix of technology shifts, consumer behavior, and economic uncertainty.
Drawing from new RVA/FBA consumer research across the U.S. and Canada, Gary and Mike Render, CEO of RVA, explored how several major transitions are starting to converge at once. AI adoption is accelerating, video consumption continues evolving into more interactive and multidirectional formats, and migration patterns are quietly reshaping where network demand is growing.
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