Fiber Access and Property Value

June 8, 2009

in Access, The Blog

for sale sign.jpgI often argue that fiber connections, or simply the availability of the adequate infrastructure to enable fiber connection increases the value of a property, home or complex. It’s widely acknowledged that, say, kitchen renovation or the addition of wooden floor in a house brings much more value than it costs. By the same token, fiber access increase the value of the property as an additional enabler for its residents. In this blog I have refered in the past to Swedish and American studies for that matter.

Yesterday I came across another report, coming from Australia this time, which estimates the added value of a fiber access to $5000. Read about it at itwire.com.

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  3. Greek National Strategy for Fiber Access Networks
  4. Content & Revenue Sharing Enhances Fiber Access Business Models
  5. Facilities-based Competition vs. Open Access Networks

  • And that figure is substantially above the $1500-$2000 per home that FTTH costs, at least in the US. The residents of Lafayette, LA certainly thought FTTH would be good for them. They voted 2 to 1 in favor of borrowing over $100M for the project ( see http://www.fiberforthefuture.com/ for the commercial site and http://lafayetteprofiber.com/ for a citizens blog).
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