fiber optic association & vdv academy ©2006 1 ftth/fttp/fttc/fttx current status of fiber to...

Fiber Optic Association & VDV Academy

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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

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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 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

www.thefoa.org info@ thefoa.org

fiber optic association & vdv academy ©2006 1 ftth/fttp/fttc/fttx current status of fiber to...

Documents

fiber telcos

fttx cheaper slide

standard sm fiber slide

customer share fiber

node fttx

fttx cost breakdown

demand slide

exclusive rights slide