Jay Rolls
CTO of BSP with extensive prior executive engineering experience at cable operators including Charter and Cox, and author of a report on cable operators' shift toward fiber-to-the-premises.
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Feb 25, 2026 • 37min
Is cable approaching a tipping point on PON?
Jay Rolls, CTO of BSP and longtime cable engineering executive, discusses cable operators shifting toward fiber. He covers brownfield vs greenfield decisions, cost comparisons between DOCSIS upgrades and FTTP, fiber’s long-lived outside plant, operational tradeoffs of staying on HFC, and the CFO–CTO dynamics that shape migration choices.
