service requests, as well as provisioning, terminating, and re-provisioning service.
Over a 7-year period, this nearly pays for the installation expenses, without even
taking service revenue into account. A similar, but less dramatic, scenario is the
case for HFC and FTTC solutions as well, but their reliance on active plant
prevents them from reaping the benefits of a fully passive outside plant.
10.7 TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS
Over the last decad e, system suppliers have worked at reducing the cost of
equipment, the first installed costs of active and passive cabl e plant and the
operations costs of FTTx systems. Both HFC and FTTC solutions have been
deployed for most of the decade, and are relatively simple optically, consisting
of point-to-point ...