BROADWEAVE networks




		What is Fiber to the Premise (FTTP)? Copper vs. Fiber. All Broadband Technologies are not created equal. Copper wires have been in use for over 130 years. Unfortunately, these antiquated copper lines are incapable of supporting next generation services. Today's basic bandwidth applications such as file sharing, online gaming, and Voice Over IP (VOIP) congest and clog traditional networks. High-Definition television and movies on demand will increase that congestion, crippling traditional copper networks. Tomorrow will bring a
		new wave of next-generation applications that will demand even more bandwidth. Fiber-optic technology, unlike copper technology, is capable of supporting nearly unlimited speeds as well as current and next-generation services. Fiber Optic Advantage. Fiber-optic technology uses light instead of electrical signals to transmit communications. Light, or optical, systems are
		superior to electrical systems because they transmit greater bandwidth and travel further distances, thereby requiring less signal amplification in the field. Fiber optic technologies can scale to speeds of 1,000 times the speed of the slower, copper-based systems like DSL and Cable. FTTP networks are networks that extend fiber all the way to the premise—both residential and business premises.
		What is Fiber To The Home (FTTH)? Zero-Points of Downgrade. Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) networks are a subset of the broader FTTP category, which includes fiber networks to all premises, both residential and businesses. While traditional copper systems extend fiber only to a node in the city or neighborhood, FTTH networks extend
		all the way to the customer's home. FTTH networks do not downgrade or convert fiber to copper at any point from the telephone company to the customer's home. This Zero-Point Downgrade architecture ensures that bandwidth performance and quality will not diminish on its way to the home.
		Broadweave is a pioneer of FTTH networks. Broadweave built the first primary-line FTTH network and the first FTTH network to support primary-line voice, video, and data over IP. Broadweave is also the first carrier to deploy a primary-line FTTH network that is completely standards based (link to industry standards). What is the value of FTTH? FTTH networks increase the appraised value of homes. One FTTH market study states, “The average homeowner sees FTTH being worth an additional $4,000 to 7,000 per home” (Source, Render, Vanderslice & Associates, Fiber To The Home and Optical Broadband , Nov. 2002; 44). Broadweave's fiber-to-the home networks will increase the value of the homes by future proofing them, increasing their marketing appeal, and by providing them with access to superior services. The real value of FTTH is to create a lifestyle proposition and a differentiator for the community, delivering speeds up to 1,000 times that of DSL or Cable services in contiguous neighborhoods and properties. This differentiator will attract home buyers away from surrounding areas into the Broadweave-Connected Community.