Have you had your Fiber today?

A few days ago I posted some information about FTTH, today I will shed some more light on FTTH. First and foremost good day to all. You see, this thing, this... powerful thing we know as technology is like a juggernaut it has gained momentum and it just can be stopped. It has branched off into many industries but I am just focusing on Information Technology and Telecommunications. Well maybe more stuff if it changes our lives dramatically. Okay, some of you who take the time to read this may be familiar already with FTTH in the form of ATT Uverse. It is almost FTTH because it is a hybrid fiber coax mix and that is just not fair so let me tell you why they do it that way. They are just plain cheap. Verizon is building fiber all the way to the house and spending 20 billion bucks. 

ATT uses a Mini-DSLAM (mini-DSL access multiplexers) With one of these puppies placed at the network periphery instead of in the CO (central office) it can provide the technological bridge to FTTH, allowing telcos to use existing infrastructures to deliver video effectively.... cheaters. Check this out. The requirements of DSLAMs that carry voice, high-speed data and video are massive. To deliver bundled services, phone, internet and TV; the DSLAM must supply each subscriber with a minimal 4 Mbps of bandwidth or 6 Mbps for VOD (video-on-demand). 

No wonder the US is pretty much last in FTTH deployments with 1-1.4% penetration. 

21.2% are wired in Hong Kong, 19.6% in South Korea, 16.3% in Japan and guess whos next... no really take a guess. Scandanavia chimes in at 7.2%. The good news though is that ATT is giving the effort but the lie they are selling is not cool its not true fiber more like oat bran.  Well thats it for now. My next blog will come soon and I will touch on FTTH a little bit more.