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FTTH/FTTP/FTTC/FTTxCurrent Status of Fiber To The User
Created By Jim Hayes, VDV Academy
For The Fiber Optic Association
Presented at The NECA Show, Boston, 2006
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What is FTTx?
• FTTH: fiber to the home• FTTP: fiber to the
premises• FTTC: fiber to the curb• FTTN: Fiber to the node• FTTx: for those who can’t
decide what to call it or are referring to all varieties!
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What is FTTx?
• Mostly a telco issue– Telcos have many aging
cable plants– CATV companies have
HFC networks in place– Competitive carriers now
install own fiber– Telcos fighting for
exclusive rights
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Who Competes With TelcosIn Implementing FTTx?
• Municipalities
• Utilities
• CLECs
• Private companies
• Battleground for telcos and CATV companies
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Where is the fiber?
• Where is the bulk of telephone cabling?– 10% is long distance– 10% is local loop (metropolitan)– 80% is subscriber loop
• Long distance and local loop are virtually all fiber
• Is FTTx just completing the system?
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Why FTTx? Why Now?• Telcos are suffering with aging copper
cable plants• Telcos are losing broadband customers to
CATV and landline customers to cell phones and VoIP
• New services are becoming available to enhance revenue - and customers demand them
• Regulations changed sharing issues• New technology (PON) and cheaper
components makes FTTx cheaper
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Why FTTx? Why Now?
• Many telcos are realizing that the alternatives to FTTx are inadequate for future bandwidth needs:– DSL won’t have the bandwidth– Wireless won’t have the bandwidth– BPL won’t have the bandwidth
• Eventually they will have to go FTTx, so why put off the inevitable?
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Who Wants FTTx?
• Homeowners: for high speed Internet access and video downloads
• Home Builders: FTTx adds value (and profit) to their homes
• Hardware Providers• Service Providers: IPTV, HDTV, video
on demand
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FTTx is gaining momentum
• US: 6 million homes passed (Jan, ‘06)
• 1,000,000 connected
• Still a drop in the bucket!
• Data from Render, Vanderslice and Associates, 2006
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What’s In It For Contractors?
• Contractors are doing FTTx installs for Verizon and others
• While few electrical contractors do residential electrical, homes with structured cabling offer double the work and potential profit!
• FTTx will affect the commercial fiber market - fiber is cheaper!
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FTTx Cost Breakdown
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FTTx Architectures
• Home run - fiber from CO to every home• Active star - local switch then fiber to
every home• Passive optical network (PON) - use
splitter near customer share fiber to CO• WDM PON - PON but with each
customer having a specified wavelength• All based on standard SM fiber
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FTTx ArchitectureHome Run
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FTTx ArchitectureActive Star Network
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FTTx ArchitecturePassive Optical Network (PON)
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FTTx AlternativeFiber To The Curb
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FTTP BPON Architecture (Verizon)
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FTTx PON NetworkSpecial Components - Distribution
Hub
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FTTx PON NetworkSpecial Components - Splice Closure
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FTTx PON NetworkSpecial Components - Optical Network
Terminal
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FTTx Is Driving Residential Cabling
• Driven by FTTH, building codes, customer demand and builder profits
• More diverse than commercial cabling– Internet– CATV coax– Home theater– Intercom– Security
• TIA 570A+
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The FOA Supports FTTx
• New certification for FTTx techs
• Training program and reference materials for FOA-approved schools
• Helping recruit FTTx techs
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For more information, contact: The Fiber Optic Association, Inc.
1119 S Mission Road #355, Fallbrook, CA 92028Tel: 1-760-451-3655 Fax: 1-781-207-2421
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