Home developers are finding that communications amenities are becoming a key differentiator for their customers. Trends show that the first generation of digital solutions are interim. Customers increasingly prefer “piping in” a greater diversity of entertainment and information resources, from games and first-run movies to real-time classes at leading universities. These services, which are already bandwidth-constrained today, will require a fiber-optic infrastructure, capable of delivering ultra-high bandwidth speeds, up to 100 megabits per second. In contrast to other access solutions, fiber can bring to the home the multi-megabit speeds already possible through in-house wireless and wired networks.
Already many homeowners want broadband access as simple and easy as turning on the tap or flicking a light switch. Installing fiber goes far beyond typical telecommunications functions. Nor is it strictly limited to high-end residences. Building affordable access for home entertainment and information systems is becoming a factor in single-family residences as well as multiple-family dwelling units at many price ranges.
FTTH deployment is particularly attractive economically to the home developer: the cost of deploying optical fiber into a new home development is on parity with copper cable, and offers infinitely greater short- and long-term utility to the community. With the lower operating and maintenance costs of optical fiber, the FTTH infrastructure you bring to your home developments will be an attractive feature to content and service providers and network operators.
ClearCurve™ optical fiber provides the best macrobending performance in the industry, allowing optical fiber to be designed into much more challenging installations and environments.
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The SMF-28e® family of optical fibers are ITU-T G.652.D-compliant and available with the performance advantages of improved macrobend specifications and increased power handling capability, to expand the capability and performance of the world's broadband networks.
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