FTTH Major Players

AT&T: U-Verse maxes out at 18 Mbps, but is cheaper than Comcast and FiOS (excluding New York) at only $100/month. U-Verse uses both FTTH and FTTN technology, depending on the area. The FTTN model is faster and cheaper to deploy than FTTH, but the copper connections to the homes sacrifices speed compared to FTTH. U-Verse is currently in parts of California, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wisconsin. AT&T plans to service 1 million homes by 2008 and 30 million homes by 2010.

Verizon: Verizon FiOS is the largest fiber optic network in the US. FiOS offers a downstream speed of 50 Mbps and costs $90/month in New York, but $140/month in Massacheusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Florida. To give an idea of how fast 50 mbps really is, at 50 mbps an HD movie can be downloaded in 13 minutes and a 60 minute video can be downloaded in a mere 8 seconds.[6] In the 16 states that Verizon plans on introducing its FiOS system, the company reported that it expects to spend close to $23 billion from 2004 to 2010 in network installation. Verizon is dominating FTTH as it is responsible for over 70% of the FTTH connections in the US. By the end of 2007, FiOS had 9.3 million customers and Verizon expects to have 12 million customers by the end of 2008.

October 19, 2011

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