Fiber to the Home, FTTH

Now more than 5 million FTTH subscribers in North America

November 2009 -  A recent study by RVA Market Research concluded that now more than 5 million people are subscribed to services delived over a FTTH network.  The total of homes connected to a FTTH network almost amount 18 million at this moment.
‘ The march to all-fiber networks is showing no sign of letting up [...]

Fiber to the home broadband keeps on expanding in Asia

Broadband technologies as fiber to the home have experiences tremendous growth the last years. In anticipation of future growth and bandwidth capacity requirements operators like NTT in Japan have invested large amounts in their networks. Growth in the Asean countries varies quite a lot by country. For instance Hong Kong has been an early adaptor [...]

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

This article describes the advantages of fiber the home networks in terms of capacity and costs

Hard times for telecom equipment manufacturers…

During the last weeks many telecom equipment providers have announced their Q1-2009 earnings. And it did not look that good. Perhaps some of us thought that when Verizon and AT&T  announced their very reasonable Q1 figures (both for wireless and wireline like FTTH), the telecom equipment manufacturs must be doing ok as well. Nothing is [...]

Fiber to the Home overview by Verizon

This video is a bit older (2007), but still gives a nice overview of fiber to the home depolyment by Verizon. Verizon offers FIOS in many locations, FIOS is a true example of a fiber to the home program, where the fiber really runs to the homes. Check out their video on <a href=” </a>.

Why is FTTH needed?

The FTTH council explains what Fiber to the Home is, and why it is so important. It is an older video, but gives a nice overview though:

Fibra à casa, FTTH

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, [...]

Fiber to the Home, FTTH

What is Fiber to the Home (FTTH) actually?

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