Summary
As candidates for RBB networks, FTTC and FTTH seem to represent the best of all possible worlds. They hold out the promise of being full-service networks, the elusive single entity that can provide all the high speed and traditional services that consumers are likely to want delivered to their homes. These technologies are also the least established and applied at this point in history, so predicting their future is difficult. Table 5-3 summarizes the challenges and facilitators of FTTH.
FTTx has the potential of the highest bandwidth for two-way traffic, with potentially higher QoS to consumers. The benefits to carriers are reduced operational costs, reduced long-term life cycle costs, and differentiation from cable services.
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