Free is a Network Operator; it built its own FTTH fibre network becoming a major alternative broadband and mobile operator in France (Source).
France
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About
Free was launched in April 1999 as a consumer Internet service, later expanded to ADSL (2002), and eventually built its own FTTH fibre network — becoming a major alternative broadband and mobile operator in France under parent Iliad (Source).
Operator Characteristics
Retail-only ISP?
Yes
Free is retail-only; as an ISP serving consumers; though backed by a network operator, Free itself sells services (ISP + mobile) to retail customers (Source).
Business-only ISP?
No
Free is not business-only; Free's services are not limited to business customers; they serve the general retail market (Source).
Free uses Axione France FTTH network as part of the 2017 unification of all major national operators on Axione France's FTTH networks (Source)(Source).