LW Friday Five Exclusive - Dec 9th, 2022
 
 
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December 9, 2022
With all the worries about the economy, at least one sector appears immune. Meanwhile, a pair of U.S. service providers plan to put a lot of fiber in the ground and we have some data networking info for you. Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy fills you in.
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Huawei remains on the hook, however -- and isn't likely to either receive or accept a similar deferred prosecution agreement.
Frontier had a bit of a head start on the first 5 million homes passed toward its goal of 10 million by 2025. So the service provider needs to pick up the pace to reach its goal.
And Lumen will need to crank the deployment wheel quickly to meet its goal by 2026.
Macroeconomic headwinds didn't slow data center switch sales in the third quarter. But those winds appear to have only gotten stronger this quarter.