Access to the Internet has become an indispensable part of social and business life for an increasing number of people. With high speed broadband connections, users can access triple play services (Internet, telephony and television) and, with the introduction of cloud computing, working from home becomes practicable. Online education, remote health care, and online access to public services are other applications which benefit from a Fibre To The Home (FTTH) connection.
According to a recent report from FTTH Council Europe, there are now more than eight million FTTH broadband users in Europe. This report also disclosed that 33 million homes are now within reach of FTTH broadband network so many more users can be expected in the near future. Elsewhere, there are 8.6 million FTTH users in the USA and 43 million in Asia.
PTT has just released an updated version of its “Fibre in the access network” course which covers the technical aspects of FTTH and the lower speed alternative Fibre To The Cabinet (FTTC). This updated online course includes the latest developments in passive optical networks including the latest 10 Gbit/s versions.