Fiber General Information

Fiber-Optic Internet Access also known as FTTP (fiber to the premises) is a method of transmitting data from one place to another by sending light signals through optical fiber cable. This light will form an electromagnetic carrier wave that is modulated to carry data. Because of it’s advantages over the standard electrical transmission of data, the use of optical fiber has been replacing standard copper wire cables.

According to where the fiber ends it can be categorized

• Fiber to the home (FTTH) is the form of fiber optic data transmission in which the optical signal reaches the costumers living or office space.

• Fiber to the building or fiber to the basement (FTTB) is the form of fiber optic data transmission in which the optical signal reaches the residence but stops short of the costumers living space or office space.

An example of FTTH is when the fiber connects to a single-residential home. An example of FTTB is when the fiber connects to an office building or apartment building that is equipped with cat 5 (category 5) cables. The cat 5 cables then would carry the fiber signal the rest of the way to the costumer’s living space or office.

Edited by Administrator - 06 Apr 2007 at 9:54am

Don't worry, with time the costs will come down. In the next 5 or so years you can expect to see fiber replacing a lot of DSL and cable connections.

Fiber is coming to everyone.  It will change the internet like youve never seen before.  And it will cost the same as cable or dsl, and be 10x faster.

i have fiber and to me seems no different than dsl or cable

A: Fiber will not be available to everyone, anytime soon, only an middle-low class household can afford dialup now.

B: Fiber's purpose is more suited to businesses with an extremely high transfer rate among the network. Cable is fast enough for most households since most users only spend time instant messaging, shopping, or downloading p0rn.

B.1/2: You wont notice a great difference in web browsing speed in the switch from DSL or Cable to Fiber. Unless your downloading files in the 1 GB range regularly, then Fiber wont come to much use.

2 and a half reasons why Fiber is unneeded for everyday use.