(Fiber To The Home) See FTTP.
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- GPON: The Gateway PON
- Fiber To The Home FTTH deployments continue to enjoy accelerated growth worldwide, with major deployments underway in Japan (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation [NTT]), Korea Korea Telecom and the United States Verizon. Passive Optical Networking PON deployments are currently segmented in two flavors: Ethernet PON EPON in Japan and Korea,...
- White papers 2008-05-21
- Innovative model brings fiber to rural Vermont
- I recently moved even farther out in the sticks of rural Massachusetts. We're far enough out that DSL service to the area preceded our arrival by about 2 weeks. When we had DSL installed, the tech pointed out that I should actually be getting close to 3.5MBps since...
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- Expand Service Offerings With Cisco Managed Media Solution V2.1
- The Cisco Managed Media Solution 2.1 is a platform for delivering live and on-demand digital media, differentiating an operator's services from other content providers on the Internet. The Managed Media Solution allows High-Speed Data HSD operators to host content in the online video and addressable advertising markets from within their...
- White papers 2008-04-01
- AT
- ATOh that's real smart!Someone PULL the plug on this company please! First, they are about to go thru BIG lawsuits for violating crimes in assisting the Bush Admin to eavsdrop... and now they want to invest in fiber optics for the Pacific area... when Japan just shot up a top...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
- Bredbaand Nord Launches Video Service Over Cisco IP Next-Generation Network
- Bredbaand Nord was established by three local utility companies wanting to invest in the development of Vendsyssel and Han Herred in Northern Jutland, Denmark. The company wanted to expand their capabilities beyond legacy services into new, complex areas such as delivering video, voice and data. Cisco along with the company...
- Case studies 2007-05-22
- What would you do with 100 megabits to the home?
- Om Malik highlights the FTTH Council, a group that is pushing the U.S. government to adopt a 100 Megabit Nation policy by 2015. The proposal by the group notes that: There...
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- Fiber to the Home Architectures
- The interest in deployments of Fiber To The Home FTTH is rising, particularly in Europe. Although initial FTTH deployments in Europe were mainly carried out by municipalities and utilities, large incumbent operators are starting to announce FTTH deployments. In the United States and Japan, FTTH deployments are mostly based on...
- White papers 2007-01-31
- Protection Networking of Ethernet PON FTTH Access Network
- Massive deployment of FTTH fiber network causes protection to FTTH network a crucial need. Most FTTH access networks are protected from failure by having redundant network equipments. These are not economical approaches, as the redundant systems are not efficiently utilized by the network. In this paper, the authors propose a...
- White papers 2007-01-11
- How AMD stumbled with Socket AM2
- How AMD stumbled with Socket AM2Evolutionary versus revolutionarySocket AM2 by itself does not demand that you throw away your motherboard and RAM for an upgrade.It's what comes next that will spur [b]new[/b] sales for AM2-based systems. 4x4 being one of those, quad-core being another.If you've already got a Socket...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-27
- SureWest Communications Expanding IP Video Service Over Fiber-to-the-Home With Cisco IP NGN
- With 90 years in Northern California, SureWest and its family of companies together provide a wide variety of highly reliable advanced communications products and services. Leading independent telecommunications holding company SureWest Communications, a Cisco Powered Network CPN member, is enhancing its ability to develop and deliver advanced IP video services...
- Case studies 2006-09-09
- Deploying CWDM to Overcome Bandwidth Limitations of FTTH Access Networks
- FTTH networks in North America are being built using various PON architectures fed from a common backhaul. As networks grow in terms of geographic reach, subscriber counts and the scope and number of services offered, Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing CWDM has clearly become the preferred method for increasing the bandwidth...
- White papers 2006-08-30
- WDM PON for Next-Generation Optical Broadband Access Networks
- TDM-PON systems such as BPON and GPON are being deployed in current generation FTTH/FTTP access networks for providing broadband access offering triple play services including video, data and voice. In the near future, it is in general agreed that WDM based access networks will be enabling the next-generation optical broadband...
- White papers 2006-06-25
- Google vs. Microsoft in Interactive TV advertising race
- Google vs. Microsoft in Interactive TV advertising raceLooks like Microsoft chasing a lot of markets just to control Google.As with Germany in WW2, Microsoft will find themselves fighting on too many fronts.Important move for MicrosoftThis is is very important manuver for Microsoft. TV is a area where Microsoft has no...
- Discussion threads 2006-06-09
- Wired and wireless at the same high speed
- The next generation of optical networks needed to satisfy our appetite for bandwidth is currently under development. And researchers from Georgia Tech have built a new architecture which delivers super-broadband wired and wireless service simultaneously. This hybrid system "could allow dual wired/wireless transmission up to 100 times faster than current...
- Blog posts 2006-03-18
- Verizon to use new tech to slash costs
- Verizon to use new tech to slash costsVerizon accessI don't think the author of the article is in the real world in assuming that MOST homes have internal cable wiring. Such assumption is reserved for electric power though telephone twisted pair may come close. I verizon is counting...
- Discussion threads 2006-03-09
- 5.4 mln fiber-to-the-home subscribers in Japan by March 2006
- Japan had 14.3 mln ADSL subscribers by October 2005, an increase by 564,300 since April 2005, MM Research Institute reports. The total number of subscribers to Fiber-To-The-Home FTTH reached 3.9 mln, an increased by 1.3 mln compared to March 2005. MM Research Institute forecasts the total number of broadband subscribers...
- Blog posts 2005-12-30
- 2.77 mln fiber-to-the-home subscribers in Japan
- Research and Markets published the findings on Japanese broadband market: 13.67 mln accounts for DSL, 2.77 mln for FTTH, 2.96 mln for CATV Internet, and 30 thousands for FWA. Subscription to broadband access services in Japanese domestic market is forecasted to be at 22.75 mln at the end of 2005...
- Blog posts 2005-11-20
- Testing Ethernet Passive Optical Networks
- Passive Optical Networks PONs take the "Next step" beyond copper DSL and cable to deliver high-bandwidth services to residential and business telecommunication customers. PONs deliver optical services, or "Fiber to the Home" FTTH directly to the end-customer. In some cases, PONs are used to get high bandwidth "Close" to the...
- White papers 2005-10-01
- 366,000 Swedish households have access to IPTV
- Sweden is one of Europe's most active IPTV markets. Both Viasat and Canal Digital have made their packages available over broadband Internet in recent months. Viasat is available on broadband provider Bredbandsbolaget's fibre-to-the-home FTTH network to 300,000 households, 2,300 of which had signed up to the service at first quarter...
- Blog posts 2005-07-04
- Japan 3G facts: 30 mln subscribers, 7 mln digital wallets, 5 mln digital songs sold
- Japan 3G facts: 30 mln subscribers, 7 mln digital wallets, 5 mln digital songs sold10 million full songs soldActually, Japan's mobile industry is even further ahead than you explain...- just a few items: as of today already over 10 million full songs have been sold over the air to mobile...
- Discussion threads 2005-06-29
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