Demand pull is outrunning the plan for one still-small offering, and the company is visibly re-pointing itself at it
The model's full reasoning — Q2 2017 call → NOWe need answer only YES or NO. Need analyze transcript for identifiable offering with both: customer response ahead of prepared, and company responding now by putting more behind it, still small part. Let's parse. Management discusses several initiatives: Alt TV launched May 15, app-based live TV streaming targeting cord cutters. Is it small? Yes, just launched. Did they say customer response ahead of prepared? They mention launch, but no specific uptake numbers or demand exceeding expectations. They say "we are extremely bullish" and "will help drive broadband" but no current uptake ahead of plan. No. FTTH fiber build: They increased expected locations by 100k, "pace now looks like we’re going to be able to be ahead of where we thought we'd be at the end of the year" and "we are just getting a little bit more done than we expected" - that's supply/build ahead, not customer response ahead. Also they mention preconnect take rate higher than anticipated: "we’re getting a much higher take rate on people saying connect now... more positive than we had anticipated." That is customer response ahead of prepared? They prepared for some, but higher take rate. And company responding? They are accelerating fiber build, "we are just working as fast as the team can go to get this program executed on." But is FTTH still small relative to total? It's a major program, but maybe still part of wireline. However the question: offering identifiable? FTTH network deployment. Customer response: preconnect take rate higher than anticipated. Company responding: accelerating build, increasing locations by 100k. But is that "still a clearly smaller part of company's overall results today"? FTTH is a network investment, not a separate line of business. Also the response is about rollout, not necessarily because of demand? They say "the quicker we go based on the results, the better the outcome" - results? Could be. But the question asks "customer response is running ahead of what company had prepared for" - preconnect take rate is current uptake? It's customers agreeing to have fiber run to home, not necessarily service sign-ups. Management says "That doesn’t mean they’ve taken the service, but it means we’ve run rate to the whole on a much higher rate than we initially anticipated." That is actual uptake of connection? It's a step. And company responding by accelerating build.
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