Fiber-Based Broadband-Access Deployment in the United States

After more than 20 years of research and development, a combination of technological, regulatory, and competitive forces are finally bringing fiber-based broadband access to commercial fruition. The three main approaches-hybrid fiber coax, fiber to the cabinet, and fiber to the home-are each vying f...

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Published in:Journal of lightwave technology 2006-12, Vol.24 (12), p.4526-4540
Main Authors: Wagner, R.E., Igel, J.R., Whitman, R., Vaughn, M.D., Ruffin, A.B., Bickham, S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access networks
Applied sciences
Bandwidth
Broadband
broadband access
Cabinets
Central office
Coaxial components
Cost engineering
Costs
Customers
digital subscriber line
Dominance
Economic forecasting
Exact sciences and technology
fiber to the cabinet
fiber to the home
Fibers
full service access network
hybrid fiber coax
Marketing
Operation, maintenance, reliability
Optical fiber communications
Optical fiber devices
Optical fiber networks
Optical fiber subscriber loops
Optical telecommunications
passive optical network
Power generation economics
Systems, networks and services of telecommunications
Telecommunications
Telecommunications and information theory
Teleprocessing networks. Isdn
Transmission and modulation (techniques and equipments)
Valuation and optimization of characteristics. Simulation
Web and internet services
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Summary:After more than 20 years of research and development, a combination of technological, regulatory, and competitive forces are finally bringing fiber-based broadband access to commercial fruition. The three main approaches-hybrid fiber coax, fiber to the cabinet, and fiber to the home-are each vying for dominance in the industry, and each has significant future potential to grow customers and increase bandwidth and associated-service offerings. Further technical advances and cost reductions will be adopted, eventually bringing performance levels and bandwidth to gigabits-per-second rates when user demand warrants while keeping service costs affordable
ISSN:0733-8724
1558-2213
DOI:10.1109/JLT.2006.886067