[LINK] NBN is FTTH

[Paul Brooks]

Paul Brooks wrote:
> George Bray wrote:
>   
>> So what *are* the capacity/distance properties of today's FTTP fibre
>> systems?  Paul? Richard?
>>   
>>     
> For *tomorrows* FTTP systems, there is labwork being done on WDM-PON - 
> where the fibre is still split 32 ways up to 64 ways in the middle of 
> the physical cable network, however in some implementations every 
> endpoint gets a dedicated wavelength, with the 32 or 64 wavelengths 
> being sent from the head-end.
>
> This effectively takes out all the sharing aspects - every customer gets 
> a dedicated gigabit or even 10Gig optical path direct from the head-end 
> to their premise! (drool).
>   
Apologies - I meant to include the following link, which covers the 
various options for today and being worked on for the future reasonably 
comprehensively:

http://fibresystems.org/cws/article/magazine/37083

Regards,
    Paul.