June 1 - 3, 2010 - Indianapolis, IN
Topic: Next Generation FTTH Standards and Technologies: 10Gbps and Beyond
FTTH Council Argues for the Economic and Social Benefits of More Bandwidth
To compete, to lead, to excel – America needs more speed in its broadband networks. That’s why the FTTH industry is moving forward toward the day when every American community can tap directly into fiber networks offering almost unlimited bandwidth. FTTH networks today are capable of delivering transmission speeds of up to 100 megabits per second downstream – and almost as much upstream. And one of the great things about fiber is that it’s “future proof” – that is, the technology keeps improving will continue to enable vast increases in bandwidth over the same fiber.
In just the past four years, more than four million U.S. households have been connected directly into these high-speed, all-fiber networks. And while the U.S. continues to have one of the world’s highest growth rates with regard to FTTH deployment, we still have a long way to go before catching up with industrial competitor countries such as Korea and Japan, where 100 megabit subscriber connections are now commonplace.
To ensure our competitive edge in the coming decades, America must move quickly toward becoming a “100 Megabit Nation.” To accomplish this, Congress could enact tax incentives for deployment of higher broadband networks, much the way it did so successfully back in 1986 to accelerate deployment of next-generation communications infrastructure. Congress should also block states from prohibiting local governments from deploying high-bandwidth telecommunications networks – as many states now do that. Local video franchising regulations often serve as an obstacle to deployment of fiber-to-the-home networks, and states should be encouraged to streamline these processes so that fiber-to-the-home providers are not discouraged from entering new markets and bringing new, competitive choices to consumers with regard to video, voice and data services. More than 20 states have recently done so. And rural areas will continue to need special attention to ensure their people living there get access to higher broadband networks.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government wants to set minimum home Internet speeds to make the United States the world's largest market of high-speed Internet users, the Federal Communications Commission's chairman said on Tuesday. Read more...
Initial Broadband Stimulus Awards Show Faith in Fiber Optic SolutionsFiber to the Premises Involved in Majority of Last Mile Projects Receiving Recovery Act Grants and Loans
WASHINGTON - The first broadband stimulus grants and loans made under the Recovery Act indicate that the agencies responsible for those programs are looking to fiber optic solutions to meet the goals of job creation and economic development, according to the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council.
FTTH Council Applauds Rep. Boucher's Call for Higher Broadband SpeedsWASHINGTON - The Fiber-to-the-Home Council, a non-profit association of technology companies and telecommunications service providers, today commended Congressman Rick Boucher's (D-VA) call for the National Broadband Plan to set specific targets for widespread availability of very high-speed broadband within five years.
Why Every ISP Needs a Fiber-to-the-Home NetworkPersonalized video, 3D-TV and upstream content is what it's all about. Read more from Stacey Higginbotham at GigOM....
A study for the FTTH Council, performed by the telecommunications strategy consulting firm CSMG, on future applications that all-fiber networks will make possible and their value. The study was submitted to the Federal Communications Commission by the Council as it considers a National Broadband Plan.
Municipal Fiber to the Home Deployments 2009: Next Generation Broadband as a Municipal UtilityA growing number of municipal governments are taking it upon themselves to build FTTH networks – much in the way that they have previously built roads, sewers and/or electrical systems – as a means of ensuring that local residents have access to necessary services, in this case, Internet connectivity for the 21st Century. These municipal deployments are usually undertaken after private service providers have declined to upgrade their networks or build such systems. As of October, 2009, there are 57 public providers operating FTTH systems in North America.Comments of FTTH Council Before FCC on the Definition of Broadband - August 2009
The Fiber-to-the-Home Council's comments to the Federal Communications Commission("Commission") in its quest to fashion a more precise and relevant definition and understanding of the term "broadband" to assist it in developing a National Broadband Plan.
Residential Usage Patterns of FTTH subscribers in JapanStudies of the bandwidth consumption of Japanese broadband subscribers indicates that useage follows bandwidth availability and at any moment the 10% "heavy" users shift among the overall population.
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