Broadband Front Lines: Fios’ success lies in their hands
This is the first story in our recurring "Broadband Front Lines" series about the challenges of deploying next-generation broadband services to users...
FTTP: The technology
For those who witnessed the early days of DSL, the current state of the fiber-to-the-premises equipment space might seem like 1995 all over again...
FTTP: Bell companies
Like Roger Maris, fiber-to-the-premises deployment usually comes with an asterisk...
FTTP: IOCs
A recent Render Vanderslice & Associates survey showed a spike in fiber-to-the-premises deployments, jumping from 78,000 homes in the U.S....
Amedia, Calix expand ultra high-speed options
Amedia and Calix both announced today that they are expanding access platforms to include VDSL and fiber to the premises options, respectively...
NTCA: Optical Solutions goes long-distance on GPON
SAN ANTONIO--Optical Solutions Inc. this week launched a Gigabit PON optical line terminal that can be placed up to 52 miles from a central office and still provide IP-based triple-play services....
Verizon offers FiOS service in Keller, Texas
In the 12 states where it is building out its fiber-to-the-premises network, Verizon now passes 35,000 to 40,000 new homes or small businesses each week, the company said yesterday....
InFocus: The effective reach of high-speed DSL in FTTN applications
The advent of triple-play service offerings from wireline carriers has brought new technical challenges, not the least of which is reaching the subscriber base with the high-bandwidth signals that triple-play services require...
Verizon clicks on Microsoft TV
Verizon is expected to announce it will use the Microsoft TV platform for the video portion of its FiOS TV that will run over its fiber-to-the-premises network...
Placing bets on FTTP
Carriers form their own impressions of the comparable merits of different fiber-to-the-premises tehcnologies, based on their own unique needs, beliefs and fears...
Ciena offers Ethernet switch for triple-play
Equipment vendor Ciena today unveiled a new non-blocking Ethernet switch for use in aggregating and transporting triple-play traffic. Ciena’s 12-rack-unit...
MCI test doubles ULH optical reach
In what the company calls an industry first, MCI completed a test of ultralong-haul optical equipment that allowed it to send 40-Gb/s signals 1600 km...
ECI, Nortel win first commercial FTTP deployment
ECI Telecom announced the first commercial deployment of the fiber-to-the-premises equipment currently being trialed by British Telecom. EnergiMidt, a...
BellSouth looks toward next-gen DSL
For BellSouth, the ILEC with the largest base of deployed fiber, the best path to better residential broadband is through faster DSL. The company's plan...
Verizon advances on video
Verizon last week nailed down its second cable franchise its first in Texas and got a clear view of the opposition it can expect from the cable industry...
Louisiana voters pursue big muni-FTTP project
The city of Lafayette, La., came one step closer this week to embarking on a municipal fiber-to-the-premises project that could become one of the largest...
