WASHINGTON - The vast majority of the federal government's latest broadband stimulus grants are aimed at bringing direct fiber connections to rural communities, according to the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council, a non-profit group that promotes next-generation broadband.

January 12, 2010, PETALUMA, CA—Calix, a leading provider in North America of broadband communications access systems and software for copper- and fiber-based network architectures that enable communications service providers (CSPs) to connect to their residential and business subscribers, today announced it has received Rural Development (RD) Telecommunications acceptance from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) division of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the recently-announced E7 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP).Initial Broadband Stimulus Awards Show Faith in Fiber Optic Solutions

Fiber to the Premises Involved in Majority of Last Mile Projects Receiving Recovery Act Grants and Loans

WASHINGTON - The first broadband stimulus grants and loans made under the Recovery Act indicate that the agencies responsible for those programs are looking to fiber optic solutions to meet the goals of job creation and economic development, according to the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council.

While Verizon gets most of the attention with their $23 billion investment in fiber to the home deployment, a significant chunk of the fiber to the home deployments in this country is being accomplished by roughly 700 smaller rural telcos, co-ops, and municipal operations.  Read more....

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

This session addresses the buildout of a system wide FTTH network for a rural telephone cooperative. The accelerated nature of the process to achieve a three-year implementation will be discussed. Elements of the project such as design, staking, bidding, and construction assistance will be discussed in detail. 

Fiber’s new opportunity in cable - rural RFoG deployments. MSOs must take steps to implement RFoG in rural areas to keep pace. Learn what makes rural RFoG a viable FTTH business opportunity, as well as best practices and case studies on successful deployments.

With over a half-century of service, SRT Communications is the largest local telecom cooperative in North Dakota serving approximately 50,000 residential and business customers. SRT maintains a fiber optic, copper and wireless distribution and access network to provide essential universal lifeline service and advanced communications. Its customers enjoy a broad suite of services ranging from ultra high-speed access, dial-up Internet, wireless service and Cable TV as well as traditional telephone, leased line, frame relay, voice mail and long distance.