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UK minister dreaming of a high fibre diet
News However, the price of copper is rising and BT's outgoing chairman, Sir Christopher Bland, hinted recently that fibre to the home (FTTH) could become a reality in the UK, as it has elsewhere in Western Europe. [19 Sep 2007]
BT chief hints at fibre rollout
News Such a rollout would mean faster connectivity for users than that provided by the existing all-copper connections between premises and exchanges but not as fast as that promised by "fibre to the home" (FTTH). [19 Jul 2007]
Fibre - coming to a home near you
News Fibre to the home (FTTH) will reach more than 14 million homes in Europe by 2012, research predicts. Broadband was delivered via fibre optic networks to more than 2.5 million European homes in 2006 - and demand for the high-speed technology is only... [10 Jul 2007]
Cheat Sheet: FTTx
Cheat Sheet We're talking about fibre in the broadband sense - as in fibre to the home (FTTH), fibre to the premises (FTTP), fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) or FTTx, the overarching term for any or all of these terms. [11 May 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: NGNs - real or imaginary?
Comment A telco employing about 300,000 people in the 1980s now only needs about 30,000 when fibre is extended down to home and office. Those who grasped the nettle and extended fibre to home and office will thus achieve vast and continuing savings, while... [02 May 2007]
Stories of the month - April 2007
News CN knocks BT home fibre chances Home Secretary John Reid said the aim is to stamp out mobile phone theft altogether. As our Inside India special report continues, there was still time for another look at the Indian offshoring phenomenon - this time... [30 Apr 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Is web 2.0 doomed to fail?
Comment I just hope all those people who voted for an asymmetric world back in the mid 1980s, and denied the deployment of optical fibre to the home throughout the West are feeling as sick as the proverbial parrot! [23 Apr 2007]
Europe not pushing enough fibre to the home
News Europe is lagging behind other continents for fibre to the home (FTTH) technology. South Korea has added close to two million FTTH subscribers, the US market grew by more than 150 per cent in the past year and China has more than one-third of all... [18 Apr 2007]
UK faces broadband deadline threat
News Although wireless technologies will play a part, the move to super-broadband will require the deployment of optical fibre deeper into the local access network, either to the street cabinet or directly to the customer premises by fibre to the home... [16 Apr 2007]
21CN knocks BT home fibre chances
News BT's investment in its all-IP next-generation network - known as the 21CN - has hit its move towards fibre to the home (FTTH), a type of technology for delivering broadband that could supercharge the UK's internet connections. [12 Apr 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: VoIP reality check
Comment This might have been true pre-1980 but since the arrival of optical fibre everything has been upturned. Written at home and dispatched to silicon.com from a free wi-fi node in Lower Ufford near Woodbridge, Suffolk [26 Mar 2007]
Fibre to the home hits one million
News Fibre to the home (FTTH) is making slow but steady progress in western Europe with nearly one million users connected. Sweden is the most advanced user of FTTH - which uses optical fibre for last-mile connections to users' premises and promises... [01 Mar 2007]
Broadband availability still hitting UK Plc
News Kimber added: "By the time we wake up to fibre to the home, it will take five to 10 years to develop it. And the push isn't about just flavours of DSL but also pressing for fibre connections. The 14th Communications Management Association (CMA... [07 Feb 2007]
BT rings up more than a million VoIP customers
News F is for Fibre The company has yet to set any new subscription targets. A BT spokesman told silicon.com the reason for the rapid uptake is largely down to the launch back in June of Total Broadband packages - which offer a broadband subscription... [10 Jan 2007]
Verizon unveils live TV service for mobiles
News We think if you look at Verizon and its three powerful networks - wireless, fibre and our backbone network - we have an unparalleled opportunity into the future. And Verizon Communications will launch its next generation of Fios TV service, which... [08 Jan 2007]
