Broadband Fabric ServiceLandscape

Fiber Cost Model – Greenfield and Brownfield FTTP network builds, includes:

• Access Investment – Provides investment to acquire, engineer and install a fiber access network.
• Success Based Investment – Captures investment for Optical Network Terminal (ONT) and drop at the Fabric Location. This is the investment associated with connecting a specific customer location to the fiber network.  Also referred to as success based investment.
• NPV – The Net Present Value of a 20-year cash flow accounting for revenue, operating expense (network specific, non-network specific, customer operations, bad debt, and general administration), capital expenses (income tax and replacement capex), and initial capex with discount rate of 8.5 percent. Fiber network design assumes a carrier agnostic network.

*Source: CostQuest Custom Model

Fixed Wireless Cost Model for Greenfield and Brownfield network builds, includes:

• Access Investment – Provides investment to acquire, engineer, and install a new Fixed Wireless broadband network.
• Success Based Investment – Captures investment for Fixed Wireless materials and labor at the customer premises: router, antenna, cabling, etc. This is the investment associated with connecting a customer location to the fixed wireless network. Also referred to as success based investment.
• NPV – The Net Present Value of a 20-year cash flow accounting for revenue, operating expense (network specific, non-network specific, customer operations, bad debt, and general administration), capital expenses (income tax and replacement capex), and initial capex with discount rate of 8.5%.

*Source: CostQuest Custom Model

This data value provides the Wireless 5G cost profile for the area the Fabric Location resides in. Indicates whether a location falls in an area that is in the highest to lowest cost range of the country.

As examples: a value of 10 means the location falls in an area that is in the lowest 10% of the country; a value of 75 means the location falls in an area where the cost is in the highest 75% range of the country.

*Source: CostQuest Custom Model

Residential and Non-Residential Fiber Take Rate (Market Share):

An estimate of the projected market share that a new fiber entrant will experience with residential and non-residential customers in the area.  The rate takes into account the level and type of competition.

*Source: CostQuest Custom Model

A complexity score for each location for greenfield and brownfield fiber network builds. The scoring value incorporates linear density, terrain, cost differentials, large area density, distance to a central core, and other factors.

*Source: CostQuest Custom Model

Includes building height and roof slope – Where available, mean height above ground level and mean roof slope associated with the Fabric Location.

Identify locations at risk of natural hazards that may impact telecom infrastructure. Risks are reported as Annualized Frequency by natural hazard.

Includes:

• Hazards = Avalanche, Coastal Flooding, Cold Wave, Drought, Earthquake, Hail, Heat Wave, Hurricane, Ice Storm, Landslide, Lightning, Riverine Flooding, Strong Wind, Tornado, Tsunami, Volcanic Activity, Wildfire, Winter Weather​
• Frequency = number of days per year that a natural hazard is expected to occur​

*Source: FEMA National Risk Index

Includes residential and business demographics such Avg HH Size, Median income, Education, Age, Linear density of Fabric location per road and square mile, tower count, etc.

*Source: US Census

Includes the number of Fabric locations identified as NonK12Schools, Medical, Library, Government, Non Government, Public Safety, K12Schools, EB (College Campuses, Military bases and Prisons, etc.).