The Race to the Bottom: How Telecom Contractors Are Undermining Their Own Success
Part 2 of 3 in the “Telecom Contractor Survival Series”
Last week, we exposed how prime contractors squeeze their subs with unfair splits, vague directives, and payment delays. This week, we shift focus inward—on a problem contractors bring upon themselves: the race to the bottom on pricing.
The Unsustainable Bidding War
Telecom has become a pricing deathmatch. Subs undercut each other, hoping to land the next build. And while that might win short-term work, it's doing long-term damage—both to their businesses and to the integrity of the industry….
The Workforce Drain: How Prime Contractors Are Undermining the Telecom Industry’s Future
The U.S. telecom industry is at a critical inflection point. Billions are being poured into fiber and broadband expansion by large ISPs and public funding programs like BEAD and RDOF. But while the investment headlines sound promising, there’s a quieter, more dangerous issue happening on the ground: the slow, systematic erosion of the subcontractor workforce that this entire buildout depends on….