1. FTTP

2. Core router History
This, along with newer technologies – such as DOCSIS 3, channel bonding, and VDSL2 (the latter of which can wring more than 100 Mbit/s out of plain, unshielded twisted-pair copper under normal conditions, out of a theoretical maximum of 250 Gbit/s at 0.0m from the VRAD) – and more sophisticated provisioning systems – such as FTTN (fiber [optic cable] to the node) and FTTP (fiber to the premises, either to the home or provisioned with Cat 5e cable) – can provide downstream speeds to the mass-market residential consumer in excess of 300 Mbit/s and upload speeds in excess of 100 Mbit/s with no specialized equipment or modification (Verizon FiOS highest tier).

3. Internet access - Fiber to the home
Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) is one member of the Fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) family that includes Fiber-to-the-building or basement (FTTB), Fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP), Fiber-to-the-desk (FTTD), Fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC), and Fiber-to-the-node (FTTN)

4. Fiber to the x - Definitions
FTTC / FTTK (fiber-to-the-curb/kerb, -closet, or -cabinet): This is very similar to FTTN, but the street cabinet or pole is closer to the user's premises, typically within 1,000 feet (300 m), within range for high-bandwidth copper technologies such as wired ethernet or IEEE 1901 power line networking and wireless Wi-Fi technology. FTTC is occasionally ambiguously called FTTP (fiber-to-the-pole), leading to confusion with the distinct fiber-to-the-premises system.

5. Fiber to the x - Definitions
FTTP (fiber-to-the-premises): This term is used either as a blanket term for both FTTH and FTTB, or where the fiber network includes both homes and small businesses.

6. Fiber to the x - Fiber to the node
Unlike FTTP, FTTN often uses existing coaxial or twisted-pair infrastructure to provide last mile service and is thus less costly to deploy. In the long term, however, its bandwidth potential is limited relative to implementations that bring the fiber still closer to the subscriber.

7. Fiber to the x - Fiber to the curb (also known as fiber to the cabinet)
FTTC is subtly distinct from FTTN or FTTP (all are versions of fiber in the loop). The main difference is the placement of the cabinet. FTTC will be placed near the "curb", which differs from FTTN placed far from the customer, and FTTP placed directly at the serving location.

8. Fiber to the x - Fiber to the curb (also known as fiber to the cabinet)
Unlike FTTP, FTTC can use the existing coaxial, twisted-pair or AC power line infrastructure to provide last-mile service. The G.hn and IEEE P1905 efforts were attempts to unify these existing cables under one management protocol.

9. Fiber to the x - Fiber to the curb (also known as fiber to the cabinet)
By avoiding new cable and its cost and liabilities, FTTC costs less to deploy. However, it also has historically had lower bandwidth potential than FTTP. In practice, the relative advantage of fiber depends on the bandwidth available for backhaul, usage-based billing restrictions that prevent full use of last-mile capabilities, and customer premises equipment and maintenance restrictions, and the cost of running fiber that can vary widely with geography and building type.

10. Existing FTTC plant may be removed and replaced with FTTP
Fiber to the x - Fiber to the curb (also known as fiber to the cabinet)
Existing FTTC plant may be removed and replaced with FTTP

11. Fiber to the x - Fiber to the curb (also known as fiber to the cabinet)
The increased competitive cost pressure, availability of three different existing wire solutions, smart grid deployment requirements (as in Chattanooga), and better hybrid networking tools (with major vendors like Alcatel-Lucent and Qualcomm Atheros, and Wi-Fi solutions for edge networks, IEEE 1905 and IEEE protocol efforts and SNMP improvements) all make FTTC deployments more likely in areas uneconomic to serve with FTTP/FTTH

12. Fiber to the x - Fiber to the premises
Fiber to the premises (FTTP) is a form of fiber-optic communication delivery, in which an optical fiber is run in an optical distribution network from the central office all the way to the premises occupied by the subscriber. The term "FTTP" has become ambiguous and may also refer to FTTC where the fiber terminates at a utility pole without reaching the premises.

13. Fiber to the x - FTTP
FTTP and FTTN in the U.S.: AT&T provides FTTP and FFTN service through its U-verse service in 22 U.S. states.

14. Fiber to the x - Active optical network
This neighborhood equipment performs layer 2 switching or layer 3 switching and routing, offloading full layer 3 routing to the carrier's central office. The IEEE 802.3ah standard enables service providers to deliver up to 100Mbit/s, full-duplex, over one single-mode optical fiber FTTP, depending on the provider. Speeds of 1Gbit/s are becoming commercially available.

15. Fiber to the x - Passive optical network
A passive optical network (PON) is a point-to-multipoint FTTP network architecture in which unpowered optical splitters are used to enable a single optical fiber to serve up to 128 customers. A PON reduces the fiber and central office equipment required compared with point-to-point architecture.

16. Fiber to the premises - Definitions
*'FTTC / FTTK' (fiber-to-the-curb/kerb, -closet, or -cabinet): This is very similar to FTTN, but the street cabinet or pole is closer to the user's premises, typically within , within range for high-bandwidth copper technologies such as wired ethernet or IEEE 1901 power line communication|power line networking and wireless Wi-Fi technology. FTTC is occasionally ambiguously called FTTP (fiber-to-the-pole), leading to confusion with the distinct fiber-to-the-premises system.

17. Fiber to the premises - Definitions
*'FTTP' (fiber-to-the-premises): This term is used either as a blanket term for both FTTH and FTTB, or where the fiber network includes both homes and small businesses.

18. Fiber to the premises - Fiber to the curb (also known as fiber to the cabinet)
However, it also has historically had lower bandwidth potential than FTTP

19. Fiber to the premises - Fiber to the curb (also known as fiber to the cabinet)
Existing FTTC plant may be removed and replaced with FTTP.[ Analyst: ATT may replace some FTTC with FTTP], Ed Gubbins, Connected Planet, Penton Media, Inc., 21 December 2007 Verizon, meanwhile, announced in March 2010 they were winding down Verizon FiOS expansion, concentrating on completing their network in areas that already had FiOS franchises but were not deploying to new areas, suggesting that FTTH was uneconomic beyond these areas.

20. Fiber to the premises - FTTP
*'FTTP and FTTN in the U.S.': ATT provides FTTP and FFTN service through its U-verse service in 22 U.S. states.

21. Fiber to the premises - Active optical network
This neighborhood equipment performs layer 2 switching or LAN switching#Layer 3 switching|layer 3 switching and routing, offloading full layer 3 routing to the carrier's central office. The IEEE 802.3ah standard enables service providers to deliver up to 100Mbit/s, duplex (telecommunications)|full-duplex, over one single-mode optical fiber FTTP, depending on the provider. Speeds of 1Gbit/s are becoming commercially available.

22. National Broadband Network
In opposition, the Coalition made clear it expected the technology mix could include Fibre-to-the-Node (FTTN) and Fibre-to-the-Building (FTTB) architectures, existing Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC) networks and other privately operated fibre broadband infrastructure, along with the existing NBN Co technologies of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP), satellite and Long Term Evolution (LTE) fixed wireless

23. National Broadband Network
The fibre to the premises (FTTP) rollout was planned to reach approximately 93 percent of premises in Australia by , but following a change of government, it is now expected to reach around 22 percent of the population

24. National Broadband Network
In areas where the Fibre-to-the-Premises network is being rolled out, FTTP will gradually replace the Telecommunications in Australia|copper network which is owned by Telstra and currently used for most telephony and data services

25. National Broadband Network - Fibre to the premises
Premises within the FTTP footprint are connected using Ethernet over a gigabit passive optical network (GPON) giving a peak speed of one gigabit per second

26. National Broadband Network - Fibre to the premises
The FTTP network architecture chosen by NBN Co comprises a number of replicating modules which is combined to make up the FTTP network. A fibre distribution area includes up to 200 premises linked up to a fibre distribution hub. A fibre serving area module comprises 16 fibre distribution areas, which services up to 3,200 premises.

27. National Broadband Network - Fixed wireless and satellite
The current funding could only achieve approximately 93 per cent FTTP footprint; however, the FTTP footprint will be expanded where users or communities are willing to pay the incremental costs of installing FTTP.

28. National Broadband Network - Trial rollout in Tasmania (2010)
Stage two will include a trial of expanding the FTTP footprint to areas not included in the initial rollout

29. National Broadband Network - National rollout
Construction of the NBN began with a trial rollout in Tasmania, with the first customers connected in . NBN Co plans to complete the FTTP rollout by , along with the completion of the fixed wireless and satellite rollout by 2015.

30. National Broadband Network - Fibre to the premises
In , NBN Co began a tender for the major FTTP rollout

31. National Broadband Network - Abbott Government Changes (September 2013 onwards)
Turnbull announced that the FTTP rollout would continue in the short term, with the probability that rollout will be downgraded to alternative technologies such as Fibre to the node after a 60-day review was completed.

32. National Broadband Network - Current policy announcement April 2009
After terminating its initial RFP, the Rudd Government announced it would bypass the existing copper network by constructing a new national network combining Fiber to the x|fibre to the premises (FTTP), fixed wireless and Satellite Internet access|satellite technologies.

33. National Broadband Network - Agreement with Telstra and Optus 2011
Instead of separating, Telstra agreed to disconnect its Internet customers from the copper and hybrid fibre-coaxial networks in areas where FTTP has been installed, and agreed to lease dark fibre, exchange space and ducts to NBN Co

34. Dark fibre - Market
Incumbent carriers in the US were required to sell dark fibre to competitive local exchange carriers as Unbundled Network Elements (UNE), but they have successfully lobbied to reduce these provisions for existing fibre, and eliminated it completely for new fibre placed for Fibre to the premises|fibre to the premises (FTTP) deployments.

35. Optical fiber connector - Analysis
: These connectors, which are field-mateable, and hardened for use in the OSP, are needed to support Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) deployment and service offerings. HFOCs are designed to withstand climatic conditions existing throughout the U.S., including rain, flooding, snow, sleet, high winds, and ice and sand storms. Ambient temperatures ranging from –40°C (–40°F) to +70°C (158°F) can be encountered.

36. Embarq - Products
Embarq offered fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) in additional markets, such as parts of Las Vegas, Nevada, North Carolina and Florida.

37. U-Verse - Services
U-verse uses a Fiber to the x#Fiber to the node|fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) or Fiber to the x#Fiber to the premises|fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) communications network, which uses Fiber-optic communication|fiber-optic connections to boxes either within a neighborhood or at each home's network interface device

38. U-Verse - Line equipment
The 7330 ISAM is an IP-DSLAM|internet protocol DSL access multiplexer that supports VDSL and ADSL protocols.[ Alcatel-Lucent 7330 ISAM FTTN ANSI] FTTP (fiber to the premises) systems use model 7340, which is mostly used in areas such as new neighborhoods or large-scale developments where fiber can be run to the household, removing the distance limitations of copper

39. Fiber to the premises by country - South Korea
FTTP in South Korea is offered by various Internet service providers including KT (telecommunication company)|KT (formerly Korea Telecom), Hanaro Telecom and LG Powercom. The connection speed for both downloading and uploading is set to be 100 Mbit/s.

40. Fiber to the premises by country - Italy
Fastweb started offering FTTP customers the option to upgrade to 100/10 Mbit/s at a small additional fee

41. Fiber to the premises by country - Norway
NTE currently provides FTTH/FTTP in Norway for consumers and businesses. The maximum speed offered is 400 Mbit/s upload and 400 Mbit/s download (800 Mbit/s total bandwidth).

42. Fiber to the premises by country - Ukraine
Later in 2007 a FTTP project in Kyiv was deployed by Svitonline/Golden Telecom. Svitonline proposed tariffs: Hourly: 20₴ (€2,70)/month, 25 hours included, ₴1 (€0,01)./hour above included. Standart: 80₴ (€10,81)/month, 11 GiBs included, ₴0,01 (€0,001)/MiB above included. Unlimited: 200₴ (€27)/month. Speed for all of the tariffs is 100 Mbit/s.

43. Fiber to the premises by country - United Kingdom
* In 2012, Openreach, a division of BT Group|BT, started a pilot at Ebbsfleet, Thanet|Ebbsfleet in Kent, Highams Park|Highams Park in London and Milton Keynes offering speeds of up to 100 Mbit/s and have plans to make FTTP available to 2.5 million homes and businesses later in the year.[ BT superfast home fibre plans fall behind schedule. Again], Kelly Fiveash, 6 October Retrieved 4 October 2013.

44. Fiber to the premises by country - United Kingdom
* By early 2013, BT Group|BT plans to launch a 300 Mbit/s FTTP service.[ BT reveals ultra-fast cable blowing plan for homes, biz], Kelly Fiveash, The Register, 3 February Retrieved 4 October 2013.

45. Fiber to the premises by country - Israel
Israel's state-owned electricity company is deploying a FTTP network across the country. Target maximum speeds are between 100Mbit/s and 1Gbit/s. The network will be funded 49% by the Government electric company, and 51% by private sector partners. Construction will begin in 2012, with a target of 10% coverage by 2013 and 66% by 2019.

46. Fiber to the premises by country - Canada
*Execulink Telecom offers Fiber to the x|FTTP service in select areas of southern Ontario, phone and television services can be bundled with Fibre Internet Access.[ Fibre High Speed Internet], Execulink Telecom. Retrieved 15 October 2013.

47. Fiber to the premises by country - Canada
*SaskTel is offering FTTP in Saskatchewan called infiNET. It is available in parts of 3 major centres with the intentions of spreading to 10 major centers throughout the province. SaskTel offers speed packages varying from 2/1 to 260/30 with an add-on package available to Double Up a users upload speed.

48. Fiber to the premises by country - United States
* The largest fiber to the premises (FTTP) deployment to date is Verizon FiOS|Verizon's FiOS. Verizon is the only Regional Bell Operating Company thus far to deploy FTTP on a large scale. Verizon's initial FTTP offering was based on Passive optical network|Broadband Passive Optical Network (BPON) technology. Verizon has already upgraded to Gigabit PON or GPON, a faster optical access technology capable of providing 1 Gbit/s speeds to consumers.

49. Fiber to the premises by country - United States
* Service providers using active FTTP technologies include PAXIO Inc. (San Francisco Bay Area); SureWest; iProvo; Grant County, Washington; Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA); and Broadweave Networks, now Veracity Networks (Utah). Service providers using passive optical networks include Verizon FiOS|FiOS, ATT U-verse, and several greenfield development networks.

50. Fiber in the loop
FITL can be implemented with any FTTx architecture, such as fiber to the cabinet (FTTC), fiber to the node (FTTN), and fiber to the premises (FTTP).

51. Video-ready access device - ATT VRADs
There are 2 types of VRAD systems currently used by ATT: Fiber to the x|FTTN (fiber to the node), and FTTP (fiber to the premises).

52. Video-ready access device - ATT VRADs
In FTTP systems, the fiber pairs are typically led into a customer's residence at the network interface device

53. Video-ready access device - Other VRADs
Claro Puerto Rico is currently deploying VRADs to offer their IPTV and VDSL Internet service up to 50Mbit/s. There are 2 types of VRAD systems currently used by Claro: Fiber to the x|FTTN (fiber to the node), and FTTP (fiber to the premises). It is unknown the equipment they are using.

54. Telecommunications in Dominica
SAT Telecommunications Ltd. (Cable FTTP)

55. Rotman School of Management
Roger Martin (professor)|Roger Martin, who served as the school's dean from 1998 to 2013, is considered by Business Week as one of the most influential management thinkers in the world.fttp://images.businessweek.com/ss/10/02/0201_worlds_most_influential_designers/18.htmhttp://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/08/0822_influential_profs/index_01.htm The school has developed a curriculum built around Martin's concepts of Integrative thinking and Business design.

56. Milton Keynes - Communications and media
Recent work by BT to enhance its network (including FTTC and FTTP) should see the issue resolved for up to 50% of customers before end of 2013 – but the Eastern Western Expansion Areas, plus rural exchanges such as Woburn Sands are in the final third of roll-outs, meaning upgrades there won't occur until around 2017, if at all

57. Internet usage - Fiber to the home
Fiber to the x |Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) is one member of the Fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) family that includes Fiber-to-the-building or basement (FTTB), Fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP), Fiber-to-the-desk (FTTD), Fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC), and Fiber-to-the-node (FTTN)

58. BT Total Broadband - BT Infinity
Most homes will get FTTC service and have up to 40Mbit/s broadband, those with FTTP will get 100Mbit/s and a 20GB monthly usage allowance, with an unlimited package also offered

59. Fibre to the premises - Fiber to the curb/cabinet
Existing FTTC plant may be removed and replaced with FTTP.[ Analyst: ATT may replace some FTTC with FTTP], Ed Gubbins, Connected Planet, Penton Media, Inc., 21 December 2007 Verizon, meanwhile, announced in March 2010 they were winding down Verizon FiOS expansion, concentrating on completing their network in areas that already had FiOS franchises but were not deploying to new areas, suggesting that FTTH was uneconomic beyond these areas.

60. Fibre to the premises - FTTP
*'FTTP in the U.S.': Verizon provides FTTP and FTTN service through its FiOS service .

61. Fibre to the premises - FTTP
*'North, UK': In North Lancashire Farmers have teamed up to create B4RN, 1GB/s symmetrical FTTP connection to rural farms, offices and schools.[ B4RN]

62. TransACT - Company
The telco is the first in the country to build a dedicated G.984 (GPON) based FTTH or FTTP gateway and also the first provider in Australia to offer broadband services at up to 100Mbit/s download and 20Mbit/s upload speeds which were made available on 4 September 2009

63. Contention ratio - Specific examples by country
In the United Kingdom|UK, an RADSL (Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line) connection used to be marketed with a contention ratio between 20:1 and 50:1 within the BT network, meaning that 20 to 50 subscribers, each assigned or sold a bandwidth of up to 8 Mbit/s for instance, may be sharing 8 Mbit/s of uplink bandwidth.A good account of the state of the issue in the UK is found in a [ OFCOM report on wireless internet.] With the advent of ADSL2+ (up to 20Mbit/s service), FTTC (Fibre to the Cabinet) offering 40Mbit/s services and even FTTP (Fibre to the Premises) offering 100Mbit/s, BT no longer work on contention ratio as a planning rule.

64. Broadband internet - Fiber to the home
Fiber to the x|Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) is one member of the Fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) family that includes Fiber-to-the-building or basement (FTTB), Fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP), Fiber-to-the-desk (FTTD), Fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC), and Fiber-to-the-node (FTTN)

65. Analogue television in the United Kingdom - Milton Keynes
Meanwhile, BT are re-using the cable TV ducting to run fibre optic broadband cabling as part of the FTTP trial in the town.

66. Geraldton - Communications
The Mayor of City of Greater Geraldton, along with mayors from other regional areas, subsequently testified before a Senate Select Committee on 29 January 2014, citing the community benefits that would flow from the continued rollout of the fibre optic network and urging the government to resume the rollout of FttP services to regional Australia.

67. Subscription television in Australia
Smaller competitors offer a subset of channels – with Fetch TV entering the market in 2010 with a subscription service over a few ADSL2+ networks, and TransACT offering TV via its own VDSL, VDSL2 and FTTP/FTTH networks in Canberra and its Neighbourhood Cable network in parts of Victoria

68. NTelos - Former services
The wireline business is supported by a fiber optic network that is used to back-haul communications traffic for their own retail services and to provide wholesale transport services to other telecommunications carriers for their long distance, internet, wireless and private network services. nTelos started Fiber to the premises|FTTP services in certain areas of Virginia.

69. Bristol, Virginia - Technology
By the year 2001, BVU had been granted approval by the City Council of Bristol for a full deployment of a Fiber to the premises (FTTP or FTTU, fiber to the user) project

70. Bristol, Virginia - Technology
Today, Bristol Virginia is still one of only a few FTTP deployments in the country with a significant number of customers online. Bristol’s twin, Bristol, Tennessee, is also deploying an FTTP system similar to its neighbor across the state line.

71. Umesh Mehra - Selected filmography
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