Fiber to the home

[rthompson80819]

From Lightwave.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 By Stephen Hardy -- In his semi-annual State of the FTTH Union update, RVA Market Research’s Michael Render told attendees at the FTTH Conference in Las Vegas that 6.45 million households in North America receive services via fiber to the home (FTTH) networks. Render’s research, sponsored by the FTTH Council North America, also shows that FTTH infrastructure passes nearly 20 million North American homes.

The 6.45 million connection figure represents a six-month increase of just under 650,000. The number of current homes passed -- 19,966,000 – compares to an estimated 18,250,000 homes last March. All told, FTTH networks pass approximately 17.4% of North American homes and connect to just under 6%.

Full article.

http://www.lightwaveonline.com/education/news/FTTH-Council-FTTH-serves-645M-North-American-homes-102965204.html?cmpid=EnlDirectSeptember162010

[Computer Hope Admin]

Think it'd be great to see more broadband and especially Fiber being made more widely available and hopefully cheaper. It's so amazing that North America is so far behind when it comes to broadband availability.