Fiber
To The Home
FTTH-
FTTC- Fiber To The Home- Fiber To The Curb
The
Evolution
Fiber-based networks in
general evolved in response to consumer demand for a vast assortment of multimedia
services and applications. In order to meet this demand, service providers need
a robust, broadband networking solution such as fiber technology, which offers
unlimited bandwidth and the flexibility to meet customer demand for two-way, interactive,
video-based services.
Today it seems that everyone
wants high-speed data, dependable voice service, and high-quality video. Whether
these services are delivered by digital subscriber line (DSL), cable modems, or
wireless architectures is insignificant as long as the service is fast and dependable.
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Providing
these services, however, presents a number of challenges, including how to get
lines out to each customer and how to future-proof the architecture put into the
ground today. This tutorial will address one possible solution, which is a fiber-optics
architecture called FTTH. There are other terms being used by the telecommunications
community such as FTTC or "fiber to the curb" -but the term FTTH has
overtaken most others as the "final solution" to delivering high speed
communicatgions seamlessly over one medium- fiber optics.
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Fiber
to the home (FTTH) is the ideal fiber-optics architecture. In this architecture,
fiber deployment is carried all the way to the customer's home (premises). Fiber
Optic service to the home is the fastest, most reliable and secure method and
far surpasses anything that Broadband or "wireless" could ever even
dream of. Many people never know that today's vast cellular and wireless network
runs and "communicates"via a fiber optic backbone. This is the only
way such vast amounts of data can be transported from caller to caller -quickly
and securely.
FCC Gives Go-Ahead to Incumbents
on Deep Fiber Buildouts
The FCC took action to relieve incumbent local telephone
companies of most obligations to lease advanced fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network
facilities to competitors at a regulated, cost-based price. Specifically, incumbents
are relieved from unbundling requirements for fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) loops,
where fiber is extended within 500 feet of a customers premises. The new
rules free companies to choose between FTTH or FTTC networks based on marketplace
characteristics, rather than disparate regulatory treatment.
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The FCC also clarified that incumbent LECs are not obligated to build time division
multiplexing (TDM) capability into new packet-based networks or into existing
packet-based networks that never had TDM capability.
FCC
Chairman Michael Powell said "By limiting the unbundling obligations of incumbents
when they roll out deep fiber networks to residential consumers, we restore the
marketplace incentives of carriers to invest in new networks. "
In
a dissenting statement, FCC Commissioner Michael Copps wrote "Though todays
Order speaks in glowing terms about broadband relief, the reality is far less
radiant. I dont believe competitive telecommunications have been faring
very well under our watch and this particular proceeding strikes me as yet another
in a series of prescriptions this Commission is willing to write to end competitive
access to last mile facilities. It seems every month brings a new onslaught..
The loop represents the prized last mile of communications. Putting it beyond
the reach of competitors can only entrench incumbents who already hold sway. Monopoly
control of the last mile created all kinds of problems for basic telephone service
in the last century, and now we seem bent on replicating that sad story for advanced
services in the digital age."
https://www.fcc.gov
14-Oct-04
In its Triennial Review Order released last year, the FCC ruled
that the broadband capabilities of fiber loops that extend to
a customers premises, also known as FTTH loops, would not
be subject to unbundling under section 251 of the Act.
In August 2004, the FCC issued an order clarifying fiber-to-the-home
(FTTH) rules and relieving the incumbent LECs from certain unbundling
obligations that apply to multiple dwelling units (MDUs), or apartment
buildings. The FCC said its ruling increases the incentives for
incumbent LECs to deploy next generation facilities. The order
concludes that determining what constitutes a predominantly residential
MDU will be based on the dwellings predominant use. For
example, a multi-level apartment building that houses retail stores
such as a drycleaner or a mini-mart would be predominantly residential,
while an office building that contains a floor of residential
suites would not. The Order further clarifies that a loop will
be considered a FTTH loop if it is deployed to the minimum point
of entry of a predominantly residential MDU, regardless of the
ownership of the inside wiring.
Definition
and Overview
1 Introduction
2 Evolution of FTTH
3 Meeting Today's Needs
and Anticipating the Future
4 How FTTH Works
5 The Advantages of FTTH
6 Level of Penetration
and Acceptance in the Market
7 The Future of FTTH
8 FTTH Suppliers