Migration to GPON: Practical considerations from the central office to the outside plant

(courtesy of Lightwave and Pennwell)

Story by Patrick J. Sims and Pat Thompson of ADC

Service providers need not look too far in the past to find examples
of networks built without consideration for future technologies. While
our telecommunications forefathers may not have predicted today’s
broadband revolution as they designed the copper telephone network,
this legacy infrastructure still enabled a rough deployment of xDSL
technologies.

However,
the unpredictable performance of xDSL over load coils, splices, varying
gauges and conditions of the legacy copper network produced costly
lessons in

Migration to GPON: Practical considerations from the central office to the outside plant

(By Patrick J. Sims and Pat Thompson, ADC)

Practical considerations—based on informed decision-making—provide the foundation for a cost-effective transition between legacy and future access technologies.

Service providers need not look too far in the past to find examples of networks built without consideration for future technologies. While our telecommunications forefathers may not have predicted today’s broadband revolution as they designed the copper telephone network, this legacy infrastructure still enabled a rough deployment of xDSL technologies.

2008 FTTH Conference & Expo

September 22 – 24, 2008 is going to be full of action when the 2008 FTTH Conference & Expo comes to Nashville, TN. Come by and visit if you live close or are around for business. There are going to be lots to do there. Many fiber optic companies will be attending this year. We put together a small list of just some of the companies that will be attending this year.

We will be attending. We’re at Booth 317 this year. Come say hi and register your company with us. It’s about time you did some networking. Learn about the new Jilong KL-300 we are offering and see some live demos on many of the products we carry in stock. This year we will have a tech on hand that can answer your fusion splicer questions, 2 sales members, our spokesmodel and one of our buyers. We’re friendly people so drop by and tell us about your company and learn more about ours. We would love to hear from you.

Other companies you will see at the 2008 FTTH Conference this year -
Alcatel – Lucent
EMBARQ Logistics
eFiberTools.com
EXFO
FTTH Council
Furukawa America
Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc
our friends at Lightwave Magazine
NEC Corporation of America
Nortel
Pannaway Technologies
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave
Taikan Company Inc.
Tyco Electronics
Verizon Enhanced Communities
Vermeer Corporation & HammerHead
Windstream Supply
and many others.

Will you or your company be attending? Tell us and we will post you on our blog!

List of 34 Certified FTTH Providers in the U.S.

(courtesy of Lightwave Pennwell)

The Fiber-to-the-Home Council (FTTH Council)says that 34 telecom service providers have been approved for the council’s network certification program in the effort’s first two years. Council certification is intended to help consumers identify which providers are offering 100% fiber-optic connections for delivering next-generation video, Internet, and voice services.

The certification allows certified providers to affix a badge stating “This Home is Fiber Connected” at the subscriber site, and to use the image on the badge in promoting their services. Use of the image signifies that an installation meets the FTTH Council’s standard for running fiber-optic cable all the way