fiber to the curb

An important amenity in a development; the existence of fiber-optic cable from the phone company's central office to the edge of the development, so that all properties within may make use of advanced telecommunications services.

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Further, one in 10 respondents plans to provide fiber to the curb to at least one-fourth of their customers by the end of the year.

Riding the swells of opportunity

The new network options noted earlier in this column suggest that broadband may have some stiff competition from twisted pair, digital transmission, and a hybrid of fiber to the curb linked with "supercharged" twisted pair to the desktop.

Broadband may be only hope for ISDN

* Ninety-nine percent of companies that offer broadband utilize digital subscriber line; 19% unlicensed wireless; 12% fiber to the home (FTTH) or fiber to the curb; 10% cable modem; and 9% licensed wireless.

Broadband subscribership increases dramatically

As a result, the country has a FTTC (Fiber To The Curb) infrastructure and its leaders have announced that around 70% of households are "within reach of fiber", which helps to limit the investment required in FTTH.

Is FTTx taking off? 3.5 million FTTx connections in Europe

A wide range of terms is used to designate access networks that are at least partly composed of fiber: FTTH (Fiber To The Home), FTTP (Fiber To The Premises), FTTB (Fiber To The Building), FTTC (Fiber To The Curb) and FTTN (Fiber To the Node), to name just a few.