Fiber to the (Home, Curb, Basement)
The Fiber to the… (FTTH, FTTX) phenomena has goen mainstream. The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the Fiber-to-the-Home Council recently announced some impressive stats.
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[The list of] “U.S. Optical Fiber Communities,” with the total rising to 936 communities in 47 states. Prepared by RVA LLC (Render, Vanderslice and Associates), the list tracks communities nationwide that are delivering broadband services to residential customers through FTTH solutions.
The updated list shows that 280 [fiber connected] communities were added since October 2005. Further analysis shows more than four million homes have been passed with fiber, marking a 50 percent increase in the last six months, and that 671,000 homes have been connected, a 107 percent increase also since October 2005.