The Brave Old Frontier

Frontier Communications is going where Verizon Communications refused to go, and is ready to take some lumps in the process. So how is it Frontier is able to do DSL where Verizon couldn't? I asked Michael Golob, senior VP of engineering and technology for Frontier, how it was possible and his answer came down to this: Frontier is willing to try. In addition to some already well-publicized access infrastructure buildouts, that effort includes installing 8,000 miles of fiber optics equipped with ROADMs to handle traffic moving from Verizon's backbone and onto Frontier's, and using Actelis Networks Inc. copper-over-Ethernet gear to boost backbone speeds where fiber wasn't installed.