(WASHINGTON) - Consumer appreciation of fiber to the home (FTTH) services is steadily growing as satisfaction rates among those who subscribe to all-fiber networks continue to outpace those for other broadband access technologies such as cable modem and DSL, according to a new report commissioned by the Fiber-to-the-Home Council. Read more...

This report is based on RVA LLC's 2010 survey of more than 1600 FTTH and other broadband subscribers, and includes information on consumer satisfaction rates, network speeds and performance, and preferred applications. 

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When it comes down to what type of broadband connection is fastest, the perception is that fiber-to-the-premises services, exemplified by Verizon FiOS, sets the gold standard and that if you can't get FTTP, go with cable and lastly DSL. Read more in PC Magazine...

Consumers have tended to take claims of transmission speeds made by telecommunications companies with proverbial grains of salt, and now the Better Business Bureau is attempting to make the claims more accurate by asking Time Warner Cable and Cox Communications to discontinue some of the claims they have made about fiber optic networks.   Read more in Read more...

More than Three-Quarters of Local Phone Companies Say They Will Likely Upgrade to FTTH

WASHINGTON - Hundreds of small independent telecoms, broadband service providers, municipalities and cable television companies have brought gigabit-enabled, all-fiber service to a total of more than 1.4 million North American homes - about a quarter of all fiber to the home connections on the continent - according to a report released today by the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council. Read more...

Updated report from RVA showing that FTTH Connections have reach 5.8 million in North America.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government wants to set minimum home Internet speeds to make the United States the world's largest market of high-speed Internet users, the Federal Communications Commission's chairman said on Tuesday. Read more...

FEBRUARY 10, 2010 By Stephen Hardy -- Google has announced plans to build and test open access fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks in “a small number” of trial locations across the United States. The company has issued an RFI seeking communities interested in participating in the trials.  Read more....

A white paper from Zhone outlining revenue and cost model impratives for a sustainable service provider strategy to building FTTx.

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A survey by US magazine Consumer Reports has found that the nation's fibre-optic service providers scored highest overall in terms of customer satisfaction for Internet, TV and phone services. Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse received top scores for Internet and TV services with respondents, and were found to be among the better phone providers. The survey was conducted with 69,000 readers of the magazine. Read more...