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Global Telcos Aim to Bring Fiber to Home

Interesting article @ TheIndustryStandard...

Steve


Global Telcos Aim to Bring Fiber to Home


By Jeff Partyka

BOSTON – Fiber-optic networks are well established as a secure and reliable medium for long-range business connections, and today four telecommunications companies announced a specification aimed at bringing their benefits to home users as well.

BellSouth (BLS) , British Telecommunications, France Telecom (FTE) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) have agreed on a common specification for high-capacity optical network-access systems, which they hope will deliver optical networking to both home and business environments at minimized cost.

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