Own the Network, Escape the Middleman Trap

“The economic equation of Free? There is its own technology, but also and above all its investment in unbundling the local loop, a technical operation that allows the operator to control access to the subscriber and largely bypass the dependence on France Telecom's physical network.”

“Free has developed a DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer or multiplex for digital subscriber lines). This device allows the traditional copper line that runs to the final subscriber to be integrated into the internet network by processing the information flow through a modem (modulator-demodulator) that converts computer digital data into a modulated signal that can be transmitted through an analog network such as a telephone line and vice versa. The”