The FTTH Council offers a certification program that recognizes fiber optic services that go all the way to the home.

The badge will be awarded to any home installation that meets the FTTH Council standard – fiber optic cable that extends all the way to the boundary of the home premises.

We all know that FTTH matters to subscribers and to network operators.

• Only FTTH – Fiber to the Home – delivers the full benefit of bandwidth needed to provide the great home entertainment experiences that happen when barriers are broken and there are no limits to speed and capacity.

• The benefits of fiber stop where the fiber stops.

• Fiber somewhere in a network doesn’t mean that the network delivers the benefits of FTTH.
• Fiber delivers unlimited speed and capacity – but once the fiber hits the old copper, speed, capacity and benefits are limited.

FTTH is the best way to bring the revolutionary experience of broadband directly to the consumer

• Only FTTH offers consumers the fastest internet and TV connections with no limitations.
• The benefit isn’t just about speed – it’s about the unlimited capacity of fiber to carry large files, such as leading-edge games, movies, music and photographs – as well as medical images and multimedia programming for distance learning. Fiber shatters the limitations we’ve come to expect from older technologies.

FTTH is good for Communities

• The best possible broadband solution – the fastest speeds by far, and virtually no limits on capacity.
• Brings network infrastructure up to state-of-the-art – anything else is embracing the inferior.
• Benefits consumers – brings them the best possible home entertainment experience, and new essential services like telemedicine and distance learning.
• Benefits companies – allows them to provide the best possible service, and win customer loyalty and competitive advantage.
• Benefits communities – broadband helps communities attract better wages and better jobs – and FTTH is the best form of broadband. Communities also benefit directly from the enhanced telework, medical and distance learning services that FTTH makes possible.

But there is confusion

• Many claims of fiber that is not FTTH – companies like to claim they have fiber networks, even when the fiber does not go all the way to the home.
• This can lead to consumer confusion. Consumers sometimes think they are getting the full benefit of 100 percent fiber broadband, when in fact they are not.

Once constituents understand the benefits of fiber, they will embrace it.

• Consumers – will understand the difference between FTTH and other “fiber networks” that aren’t as good, and will embrace the superior experience of FTTH.
• Communities – will understand the benefits that broadband brings in terms of jobs, wages, and direct benefits such as medical and education services – especially when delivered in the best possible form – FTTH.
• Investors – will understand the benefits to companies that make the effort to build fiber to the home networks – in terms of increased customer loyalty, competitive advantage, return on invested capital, and revenue.

The badging program and our additional education efforts will resolve confusion and make it clear that FTTH is the right thing to do.

Download the FTTH Council Standards for Certification