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RSS ftthBT offers free fibre to Glasgow businesses
News Fibre broadband comes in two flavours: FTTC, where optical cable is laid as far as the curbside cabinet, with existing copper lines being used for the last mile; and fibre to the home (FTTH), where optical cable is laid... [05 Nov 2009]
BT's home fibre tests: Coming in London and Milton Keynes
News BT has revealed more details on its planned brownfield pilots of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband tech. The two trials, which will kick off in January next year, will be the first time BT has piloted... [02 Oct 2009]
One in five of world's households now wired to the web
News According to the research firm, fibre-based services will grow steadily over the next few years, with FTTH (fibre-to-the-home), FTTP (fibre-to-the-premises) and Ethernet connections accounting for about 20 per cent of... [28 Sep 2009]
BT fibre broadband pilot: charges for ISPs revealed
News BT Openreach has released details of the fees it plans to charge other ISPs for its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) pilot in London. The pilot at Highams Park in London, BT's first FTTH deployment in an... [23 Sep 2009]
BT superfast fibre broadband destined for London brownfield pilot
News BT is to begin its first brownfield pilot of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) in the Highams Park area of north-east London. Previously, the IT and telecommunications giant tested a greenfield deployment FTTH at... [07 Aug 2009]
BT kicks off London fibre pilot
News A wider BT pilot of FTTP - also known as fibre-to-the-home, or FTTH - is set to take place in March 2010, covering up to 40,000 homes and promising speeds of up to 100Mbps. BT began a fibre broadband pilot on Monday in... [06 Jul 2009]
WiMAX Billing & Bandwidth Management Solution
White Paper 24online Access Gateway is the complete billing and bandwidth management appliance that enables WiMAX service providers apart from broadband, dialup and Wi-Fi providers to provide time and usage-based Internet access and manage... [19 May 2009]
Cable Management Practices for Active Ethernet Architectures
White Paper Industry trends indicate that an active ethernet approach to Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) deployment is rapidly gaining popularity. There are several contributing factors, but one obvious reason is the desire for additional... [02 Apr 2009]
Bournemouth braced for first Fibrecity homes
News Once complete, Bournemouth will be able to boast the largest fibre to the home (FTTH) deployment in the UK, according to H2O. Cable broadband provider Virgin Media recently launched a 50Mbps broadband service which,... [20 Jan 2009]
PM's 100,000 job plan to mean broadband spending spree?
News Any government fibre plans are likely to focus on fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) rather than fibre-to-the-home (FTTH), due to the costs involved: a recent report by the Broadband Stakeholder Group priced FTTC at £5.1bn,... [05 Jan 2009]
Virgin debuts 50Mbps broadband
News However, unlike a true fibre-to-the home (FTTH) setup, the connection between the cabinet and the premises uses coaxial cable, similar to the cable that plugs into the back of a television set. Virgin's speeds are,... [16 Dec 2008]
Telco's "Triple Play" Includes HDTV Over Cisco IP NGN
White Paper SureWest chose the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (NGN) architecture to help ensure its ability to develop and deliver advanced IP video services over its soon-to-be all Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) network. [07 Oct 2008]
Broadband Britain: UK needs wireless patchwork
News Much of the debate surrounding the incentives for getting operators to roll out NGA has focused on fibre to the home (FTTH) or fibre to the street cabinet (FTTC). Friday's report, entitled The next phase of broadband UK:... [12 Sep 2008]
Bandwidth: Key Weapon in the Cable-Telco Battle for Subscribers
White Paper Then, telcos upped the ante and made broadband to the home, especially in terms of Fiber To The Home (FTTH), more competitive. For years, cable service operators enjoyed excess network capacity and could rest easily. [10 Sep 2008]
£29bn bill for fibre to every UK home
News By contrast the almost £29bn estimate for FTTH is a much more difficult proposition at this point, according at Johnson, who believes a full fibre rollout is "15 to 20 years off" in the UK. The cost of deploying a... [08 Sep 2008]
