Geoff Wilbur’s Telecom Quotes

Following are links to places on the web where I’ve been quoted as a telecom expert.
The quotes are mostly about fiber-to-the-home or competitive local exchange carriers.

August 2007 Lightwave Magazine
(discussing the cable industry)

Xchange Magazine online, 10/15/02
(other Xchange Magazine links are here and here)

Light Reading, 9/5/02

Internet.com, 7/24/02:
(Note: the FTTH market reached 60,000 homes in 2001, not 600,000 as noted in the article)
This article can be found on internetnews.com site, ISP Planet, Optically Networked.com, or boston.internet.com

Communications Engineering & Design, March 2002 (first article) (or click here)

Communications Engineering & Design, March 2002 (second article) (or click here)

Lightwave, January 2002

Global Sources Broadband Communications, 10/4/01

Telephony, 10/1/01

Communications Engineering & Design, September 2001 (link no longer valid): "“There is still the last-mile hurdle to overcome in providing FTTH,” says Palazzo. FTTH business model Analysts like Geoff Wilbur of KMI won’t predict when FTTH will become financially viable."

Associated Press, 3/16-19/01 – article online at The Augusta Chronicle, Winter Haven News Chief, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and probably other places

Lightwave Fiber Exchange, November 1999

Forbes.com, 5/19/99

You’ll find some of my writing online here:


I cowrote "Competitive Carriers Join the Establishment" in the May 2007 edition of Xchange Magazine (pages 16-17)

I wrote several pieces for New Paradigm Resources Group's Communications Technology Advisor (CTA),
previously known as the Competitive Telecom Advisor. You'll find the following articles in the
NPRG Insights & Analysis Library:

August 3, 2007 -- Backhauling WiMAX with... WiMax? Not for Long!
July 23, 2007 -- A Strengthening Force: Next Generation Video & Business Bundles to Take Telcos to Task
July 10, 2007 -- Fixed Wireless at NXTcomm 2007: Microwave and Millimeter Wave, Wherefore Art Thou?
July 10, 2007 -- NXTcomm 2007: Communication Industry’s ‘Auto Show’ Presents Its Version of the Concept Cars
May 10, 2007 -- Clearwire EBITDA Positive in 10 of 25 Initial Markets
April 27, 2007 -- The DVR Revolution
June 14, 2006 -- GLOBALCOMM Overview: A Look Back at GLOBALCOMM 2006
May 3, 2006 -- As Cellular Backhaul Outgrows Copper's Capabilities, It's Bonded Copper to the Rescue
April 27, 2006 -- Fixed Wireless Carriers on the Cusp
January 16, 2006 -- Broadband Power Line (BPL): Charged For Prime Time?
November 8, 2005 -- The Triple Triple Play: Examining the Misleading "Quadruple Play" Terminology

You’ll also find me online here:

Michigan Number Portability Workshop, 8/23/96

You'll hear me on NPRG's May 3, 2007 podcast with Peter Allen of DragonWave

My Working Life on a Page

In other words, my resume, in case you’re curious

Return to Geoff Wilbur's Telecom Career page