Short for fiber-to-the-curb, the installation of optical fiber from a telephone switch to within 1,000 feet of a home or enterprise. Typically, coaxial cable is used to establish the connection from curb to building.
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FIBER FIGHT: Ethernet Duels ATM for Home Access With the price of fiber decreasing, many are pointing to PONs as the ideal solution for bridging the last-mile gap. The trick is choosing the right PON technology to deploy.
Fiber: Coming Soon to a Home Near You One of the biggest obstacles facing fiber optics technology -- an Internet medium that handles much more bandwidth than existing telephone-company based copper wires -- has been one of price.
FTTH Tutorial This tutorial examines the issues involved in providing FTTH service and how FTTH addresses them.
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