Title :
Fiber to the home: Biarritz (1984) . . . Twelve cities (1988)
Author :
Veyres, Camille ; Mauro, J. Jacques
Author_Institution :
France Telecom, Paris, France
Abstract :
France Telecom is installing fiber to the home lines at a rate of 100000 per year in twelve French cities. The system is primarily designed for cable TV and for interactive video services. Hardware, software and overall design are discussed. Technical and commercial results of four years of operation of the Biarritz broadband fiber system are given.<>
Keywords :
broadband networks; cable television; optical cables; optical links; television networks; Biarritz broadband fibre system; France Telecom; cable TV; hardware design; interactive video services; optical cables; software; Aging; Cities and towns; Coaxial components; Fiber lasers; Model driven engineering; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber testing; Plastics; Switches; TV;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1988. ICC '88. Digital Technology - Spanning the Universe. Conference Record., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA, USA
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1988.13683
