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Como se hace fibra óptica

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:08:11 +0000

This movie in Spanish explains how optical fiber is produced. Este video muestra como se produce fibra óptica. Es un buen video para enteder como se hace la fibra óptica.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9_AzB2zxbg

What are the benefits of Fiber to the Home (FTTH)?

Tue, 26 May 2009 16:27:42 +0000

Many have heard of internet, or HDTV, or fiber to the home (FTTH) networks. But many may consider FTTH as the next technology hype, perhaps unaware of the benefits and large potential FTTH has. Though FTTH is getting beyond its infancy state. In the USA there are now over 6 million subscribers of services of fiber networks, many via Verizon FioS or AT&T U-verse services. In Japan the number of subscribers is more than double of the USA, worldwide there are over 30 million subscribers.
First of all, and most important, FTTH offers so much bandwidth capacity that grow in data demand (TV, internet, phone) for the next decades will be covered. FTTH is ready for future demand, like for instance 3D high definition TV still being developed at this moment. Or just imagine the growth in online games that has taken place during the last years. FTTH will be able to provide gigabits per second, via a very reliable network. Everybody who has seen a demonstration of a fiber to the home network vs. a copper/DSL network is sold on the concept.

Historically costs of deployment have been an issue to move FTTH forward. As every house or condo has to be connected separately high costs were involved. Costs have been coming down a lot through smart engineering, e.g. development of pre- connectorized cables. The economics for large FTTH, FTTC, FTTP, FTTN or other FTTX deployment for service providers like Verizon and AT&T is working out. End-customers in general pay at least 20% more for FTTH services than for DSL or other copper based services, but this premium is well worth the investment for what you get in terms of additional data capabilities and speed.

The main telecommunications companies have been deploying fiber to the home networks in the most populated areas in the USA. Think New York, San Francisco, Houston, Boston etc. Via the stimulus money provided by the Obama government more money will be available as tax cuts and grants for small rural municipalities to deploy their own fiber networks. This means in future the fiber infrastructure will be all over the US and more services are expected.

Fibra à casa, FTTH

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:46:15 +0000

Fibra à casa, ou FTTH, ou Fiber to the Home, é uma rede dos telecomunicações baseados na fibra óptica. A maioria das redes foi baseada tradicional em cabos de cobre ou coaxiais. As redes de fibra óptica reservam grandes quantidades de transferência de dados comparada a outras redes. Isto inclui os serviços da tevê, do Internet e do telefone. Durante últimos anos as companhias tais como Verizon e Telefonica desdobraram redes óticas da fibra. Fibra a casa, ou FTTH, significa que a fibra vai até a casa ou o apartamento, de encontro por exemplo a FTTC, ou a fibra ao lancil onde a fibra trabalha até seu lancil e a infra-estrutura de cobre existente é usada para transferência de dados.

Muitos países em Ásia são principais no acesso de FTTH dos clientes, dos países que os líderes são a Coreia do Sul, de Hong Kong e de Japão. Em Europa especial os países nórdicos são principais. Nos EUA diversas companhias unfolding uma rede do firbra à casa, FTTH, e começaram com as áreas povoadas. O pacote do estimulo do governo de Obama contem os incentivos para o depolyment de FTTH nas áreas a rurar. Estas áreas são seridas frequentemente pelas pequenas empresas de telecomunicações rurais.

O futuro de FTTH parece de brilho, como os consumidores não obstante exigem mais dados devido ao uso do aumento de YouTube, transference da música e das películas etc., que a competição das companhias do cabo do traditonal com as companhias das telecomunicações conseguirá ser mais feroz, desde que ambos incorporaram o mesmo reino dos serviços do consumidor.

Fibra a la Casa, FTTH

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:29:21 +0000

La fibra a la casa o FTTH es una red de las telecomunicaciones basada en fibra óptica. La mayoría de las redes fueron basadas tradicionalmente en cables de cobre o coaxiales. Las redes de fibra óptica permiten grandes cantidades de la transferencia de datos comparida a otras redes. Esto incluye los servicios de la TV, del Internet y de teléfono (tripple play). Durante los años pasados las compañías Verizon y de AT& T han desplegado redes de la fibra a través de los E.E.U.U. Fibra a la casa, Fiber to the home, o FTTH, significa que la fibra va hasta la casa o apartamento, contra e.g. FTTC o fibra al encintado adonde la fibra funciona hasta su encintado y la infraestructura de cobre existente se utiliza para la transferencia final de datos.

Se ha utilizado la fibra de optica puesto que un rato largo para los comunicaciones transcontinental, no obstante FTTH es algo una novedad con granes expectativas. Muchos países en Asia son principales en el acceso de FTTH de los clientes, los países líderes son el Sur Corea, Hong Kong y Japón. En Europa especialmente los países nórdicos son principales. En los E.E.U.U. varias compañías están desplegando una red de fibra a la casa, FTTH, y han comenzado con las áreas pobladas. El paquete del estimulo del gobierno de Obama contiene los incentivos para el depolyment de FTTH en áreas rurar. Estas áreas son servidas a menudo por las pequeñas compañías de telecomunicaciones rurales. El futuro de FTTH parece brillante, como los consumidores requieren más datos debido al uso del aumento de YouTube, transferencia de la música y las películas etc. Sin embargo, la competición de las empresas del cable del traditonal con las compañías de telecomunicaciones llegará a ser más feroz, como ambas han incorporado el mismo reino de los servicios de consumidor.

What is Fiber to the Premise, FTTP?

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:16:39 +0000

Fiber to the Premise or FTTP means the optical fiber network runs to a premise. For more details on the network, see FTTH. Withe premise is meant a customer premise, without exactly specifying where the cable stops. In general 2 forms of FTTP networks are being deployed:

- Fiber to the Home (FTTH), the optical fiber delivery is all the way to the consumer’s living or office space.

- Fiber to the Building (FTTB) the optical fiber delivery reaches the building of a consumer, but not necessarily reaches the actual space where the end user is located. This could be e.g. a central cabinet in the basement of a multistory building. Final signal develiry is done via a traditional cable, like e.g. a copper a coaxial cable.

For more information on the actual network, see FTTH.

What is Fiber to the Node, FTTN?

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:11:07 +0000

Fiber to the Node, or FTTN, differs from FTTH or Fiber to the Home, in the way that it serves a cabinet in a neighborhood or area and it does not complete run to the final end consumer. This means the last part the data travels to reach a consumer basically is the bottle neck in data transfer capacity. Some telecommunciaton companies are deploying FTTN networks and not FTTH networks. For more details Fiber to the Home, FTTH , networks.

What is Fiber to the Curb, FTTC?

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:11:00 +0000

Fiber to the Curb, FTTC, is different from Fiber to the Home, FTTH, in the sence that it runs not all the way to a home, but to a local platform from which it runs via a traditional copper or coaxial cable to the consumer. This means the last part the data travels to reach a consumer basically is the bottle neck in data transfer capacity. Some telecommunciaton companies are deploying FTTC networks and not FTTH networks. This might look strange to invest so much time in deploying a whole new network, but then leaving a bottle neck. However depolyment costs are high, especially the last yards to a house where e.g. a cable might have to be buried in a garden.

Fiber to the Home, FTTH

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:02:26 +0000

Fiber to the Home or FTTH is a telecommunications network based on optical fiber. Traditionally most networks were based on a copper or coaxial cables. Optical fiber networks allow for a high volume of data transfer compared to other networks. This includes TV, internet and phone services (so called tripple play). Over the last years companies like Verizon and AT&T have deployed fiber networks across the USA. Fiber to the Home, or FTTH, means the fiber runs all the way to your home or apartment, vs e.g. FTTC or Fiber to the Curb where the fiber runs till your curb and the existing copper infrastructure is used for the last yards of data transfer (and hence forming the bottle neck).

Optical Fiber has been used since a long time for long haul communications (e.g. the cables lying on the bottom of our ocean which take care of communications between the continents), however FTTH is a rather new development with high expectations. Many countries in Asia are leading in the access of FTTH by customers, leading countries are South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan. In Europe especially the Nordic countries are leading. In the US several companies are deploying a fiber to the home, FTTH, and have started with the most populated areas. The Obama government stimulus package contains incentives for the deployment of FTTH in rural areas. These areas are often served by small rural telecommunications companies.

The future of FTTH looks bright, as consumers require more data due to increase usage of YouTube, downloading of music and movies etc. However, competition from the traditonal cable companies with the telecommunications companies will become more fierce, as both have entered the same realm of consumer services.