“Presently, Lumen plans to go very deep and provide a tremendous amount of coverage in six of its urban markets, said Moreau. Keeping the cost of fiber deployment down is also a key consideration due to the scale of the project.”
“We know there are certain supply chain challenges with "labor and labor costs". We have a very significant supply chain management practice within our finance organization. And because we are building in dense urban markets, we have tremendous scale and are able to provide multiyear commitments to suppliers. We are also looking at and are bringing certain construction functions in-house so we can be in control of our labor costs and provide the kind of capacity we need.”