Blandin On Broadband Fiber To The Home Networks
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Blandin Broadband Webinar | Fiber to the Home
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Fiber to the Home Networks – Learn how fiber, a critical infrastructure, can support economic vitality in your community. Get a better understanding of the costs and capabilities of community fiber networks and how the can enable business, education, health care and quality of life. Presenter: David Russell of Calix.
Transcript of Blandin On Broadband Fiber To The Home Networks
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Blandin Broadband Webinar | Fiber to the Home
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Successful FTTH Business Successful FTTH Business Examples Examples
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Keys to Successful Keys to Successful DeploymentsDeployments
What we will cover today
Fiber to the Home OverviewFiber to the Home Overview
Questions and AnswersQuestions and Answers
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Bandwidth: How Much is Enough?
External drivers are stimulating demand beyond 30 Mbps
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What is Fiber to the Home?
Qwest offers “Fiber in the Loop”
Fiber goes to remote cabinets in the neighborood
Last couple 1-2 thousand feet is over copper
Bandwidths of 20-30 Megabits in the downstream
Cable Operators offer “Fiber to the Node” or “Micronode”
Fiber goes very deep and may actually reach new homes
Bandwidths are the same as those offered over coax lines
Comcast DOCSIS 3.0 bursts to 100 Megabits for >$100 a month
The Real Deal: Fiber to the Home
Fiber all the way to the home for all customers
Bandwidths not limited by media or protocol
Affordable bandwidth which can exceed 100 Megabits per second
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Why Consumers Like FTTH
Source: Render Vanderslice, 2008
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FTTH Operators in Minnesota
Albany Mutual Telephone Cooperative
Arvig Communications
Baraga Telephone
Barnesville, City of
Benton Cooperative Telephone
Christensen Communications
Connections Etc.
Consolidated Telecommunications
Crosslake Telephone
Embarq
Emily Cooperative Telephone
Farmers Mutual
Federated Telephone
Frontier
FTTH Communications
Garden Valley Telephone
Gardonville Cooperative Telephone
Hiawatha Broadband
HickoryTech
Hometown Solutions
Jaguar Communications
Johnson Telephone
Lonsdale Telephone
Mabel Telephone Cooperative
Minnesota Valley Telephone
Paul Bunyan Telephone Cooperative
Runestone Telephone
Spring Grove Communications
West Central Telephone
Windom, City of
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Fiber to the Home Architecture
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Optical Line Terminal (OLT)
-Located in centralizedserving office
-Supports up to 2500subscribers
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Centralized Splitter Cabinet
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ONT at the Home
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US Fiber to the Home Growth
Source: Render Vanderslice 2008
( In Thousands of Lines)
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FTTH Deployment Costs
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Successful FTTH Business Examples
Local telephone company building out “in-territory”
BEK-Steele, North Dakota
Bloomer Telephone-Bloomer, Wisconsin
Local telephone company overbuilding nearby town
Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone deployments in Grand Rapids and Bemidji
DakTel deployment in Jamestown, North Dakota
Powell, Wyoming in collaboration with TCT West
FTTH CLEC overbuilding of community
Hiawatha Broadband deployments in Wabasha, St. Charles and other southern Minnesota communities
Municipal electric utilities with FTTH deployments
Reedsburg, Wisconsin
City of Windom
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Keys to Successful FTTH
Successful FTTH deployments share some common themes
Strong sense of community
Prioritized service to businesses and institutions
Strong branding and marketing of retail services
FTTH technical expertise in-house or contracted
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Emphasize Community
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Again and Again....
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…and Again…..
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Serve Businesses & Institutions
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Local advantage positioningLocal weather channels (West, East)
Flight information channel
Local political and school coverage
Local newscasts
Locally produced content-cooking, travel, sports
Locally produced movie reviews/hosted showings
Differentiated Services
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Offer Superior Customer Service
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Strong Retail Marketing
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Christmas Bandwidth Promotion
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Photosharing, Electronic Cards, etc
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Communicate Project Details
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Get the Video Service Right
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Offer Bundled Services
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Hire/Contract/Partner FTTH Expertise
