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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (60)	2/22/1999 10:45:00 PM
From: George T. Santamaria	Respond to of 1658

HP has made various plastic links for a number of years for use in very short-haul applications. I've worked a bit with plastic fiber and offer some comments regarding the present state-of-the-art: - The plastics currently in use are suitable only for indoor applications and in some cases, I've seen them lose their transmissibiliity in a relatively benign environment. - The data rates are quite limited to 5Mb typical, 50Mbmax. - Max. length is only about 25m, too short for a majority of FTTH applications. - In some cases, the plastic in the connectors will age and get brittle. I think that it is possible to improve on all of these points but it will take a major commitment from the component vendors on all fronts, fiber, connector and optoelectronic components, to bring the state of the art up to where FTTH is both low cost and reliable.