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Article: Cable enters market-driven fiber phase. (cable television operators to focus on a more market-oriented approach to fiber networks) (Special Report: Fiber) (Industry Overview)
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- Multichannel News
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- March 16, 1992
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Cable operators will turn their focus in the 1990s away from technological aspects of fiber in favor of a more market-oriented approach in which they'll try to ascertain customer demand for new types of services that will drive fiber closer to homes.
The market-driven process comes as fiber has proven to be a startlingly cost-effective tool.
"Technology doesn't drive the business," said Jim Chiddix American Television & Communications Corp. technology senior vice president. "If there are no new services, fiber to 1,000-home nodes is 10 years out."
Things will move faster if there's some new revenue out there, Chiddix said. "That's why we're ...