Title :
Whatever happened to fiber-to-the-home?
Author :
Frigo, N. ; Reichmann, Kenneth
Author_Institution :
ATT Labs., Middletown, NJ, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247656
