Report: Fiber-to-the-Home Reaches 1 Million Households and Businesses

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 12, 2006 - 12:56pm.

Washington - Two national telecommunications industry organizations -- the Fiber-to-the-Home Council and the Telecommunications Industry Association -- announced that the number of homes and businesses in the United States directly connected by fiber optic connections now exceeds one million. Fiber optic connections are much faster than standard Internet broadband connections. The organizations said the growth rate in new subscribers has increased by 50% in the last six months. "Surveys of early fiber-to-the-home users show that they are highly satisfied with the service attributes such as increased Internet speed, on-demand video and HDTV, as well as online gaming," said Michael Render of RVA Market Research. "However, there is also increased interest in applications that affect health and education as information becomes available about services and distance learning available through the Internet."
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