Broadband Breakfast Publishes Mitch Carrel's Insights on Overcoming Barriers to Dark Fiber Deployment

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Partner Mitch Carrel authored a piece in Breakfast Media LLC on why so many dark fiber projects stall despite compelling economics — and what operators need to do differently.

Mitch argues that land use, engineering, and sales are too often treated as sequential hurdles when they need to be tackled simultaneously. He breaks down the distinction between ministerial and discretionary permitting approvals, the underutilized opportunity to license existing conduit infrastructure before defaulting to new construction, and why commercial strategy needs to be part of route design from day one — not an afterthought.

Read more (subscription may be required): https://broadbandbreakfast.com/mitch-carrel-dark-fibers-3-barriers-of-land-use-engineering-and-sales/

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