Fiber to the Home
VDSL and FTTC bring fiber to within 200 meters of the home. These are viewed by some as transition services on the way to bringing fiber from the carrier to inside the customer premises. Fiber to the Home (FTTH) is fast, is immune to electromagnetic interference, and doesn't rust, so it has lower maintenance costs for the carrier. Bell South is investigating the use of FTTH (in the Integrated Fiber in the Loop [IFITL] project), and similar studies are being conducted by the Canarie Project in Canada, NTT in Japan, France Telecom, and British Telecom.
Until recently, there have been a number of roadblocks to extending fiber all the way to the home, including installation costs, electrical powering, and the precision with ...
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