What are your competitors ISPs are doing to expand their fiber maps?
1. Improve their material supply chain.
2. Federal broadband grants, such as NTIA BEAD, NTIA TBCP, NDIT, USDA etc...
3. Use BABA program to get the broadband grants.
As we know the fiber optic materials leadtime is very bad since the Covid period. The major broadband materials need over 10-20 weeks at least, see Image 1 (Source from FBA Supply Chain White Paper).
After March 2023, the supply chain leadtime improved as below, but this is still the desired state.
The manufacturers or the distributors will offer this leadtime to their golden or long-term partners, but the small, the new play, or the rural fiber internet provider still need wait 28-30 weeks for these materials.
Due to this situation, we will support those FISPs or WISPs as below:
Below is the real leadtime for fiber optic flat drop cables, splitters, MSTs, Reinforced Opti-Tap drops, 4 weeks for bulk quantities. You do not need to stock more FTTH materials to keep perfect cash flow.
We Spring Optical will be your trusted FTTH/FTTA material vendor, no matter the budget saving or the lead-time for your upcoming fiber expansion projects.
Visit our website www.springoptical.com for more information or PM for further communication directly.
Thanks for your attention.
Your sincerely
Jimmy