DocumentCode
2319117
Title
Whatever happened to fiber-to-the-home?
Author
Frigo, N. ; Reichmann, Kenneth
Author_Institution
ATT Labs., Middletown, NJ, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
23-28 March 2003
Firstpage
280
Abstract
The early vision of FTTH, which promised abundant, ubiquitous, and future-proof bandwidth to consumers, has remained largely unrealized nearly 20 years after its birth. We discuss the historical, competitive, economic, and service reasons for this and prospects for the future.
Keywords
optical fibre subscriber loops; optical fibres; FTTH; consumer application; fiber-to-the-home; future-proof bandwidth; Bandwidth; Frequency shift keying; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Payloads; TV; Telephony;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN
1-55752-746-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247656
Filename
1247656
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