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Fiber To The Home/Premises Certification
Reference Materials
 


The FOA FTTx Tutorial: FTTx Online Tutorial
Building Homes For Broadband/FTTx Connections (FOA Presentation to Homebuilders)
 
Reference Books used in creating the CFxT certification program:
"FTTx PON Technology and Testing" by Andre Girard, EXFO
EXFO Application Note 110, here are tech references for FTTx
"The Book on FTTX" edited by Steve Grady, ADC Telecommunications, order form for free copy
"FTTX Concepts and Applications" by Gerd Keiser, Wiley Interscience
"Fiber To The Home, The New Empowerment" by Paul E. Green, Wiley Interscience
"FTTH Primer" by Steven S. Ross of Broadband Properties for the FTTH Council (PDF download)


Links To FTTx Webpages

Verizon's FiOS FTTP information and recruiting page: http://www22.verizon.com/about/careers/fiberjobs.html

Wikipedia defines Verizon "FiOS": http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=98004

DSL Reports Verizon FiOS Forum: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/vzfiber

DSL Reports Map of FiOS availability: http://www.dslreports.com/gmaps/fios

Light Reading: FiOS installation in New Jersey: http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=102282

KMI Research on FTTx deployment, research report overview: http://kmi.pennnet.com/report_display.cfm?rep_id=177

Lightwave Magazine - see FTTx Resource Center http://lw.pennnet.com

Fibers.org, FTTH operating expense: http://fibers.org/articles/news/8/7/1/1

Dan Bricklin, co-inventor of the PC spreadsheet, has FiOS installed at his home: http://www.bricklin.com/fiosinstall.htm

Rural Broadband Coalition, re offering broadband through alternative groups: http://www.ruralbroadbandcoalition.net/

Telephony Magazine online on FTTx http://telephonyonline.com/fttp/

Guide to broadband for communities, by CENIC: http://www.cenic.org/guide/

CNET's guide to broadband offerings: http://news.com.com/Municipal+broadband+and+wireless+projects+map/2009-1034_3-5690287.html

Broadband Properties Magazine, covering FTTx extensively: http://www.broadbandproperties.com/

The Fiber Future Association: http://fiberfuture.com/pages/5/index.htm

The Fiber To The Home Council: http://www.ftthcouncil.org/

Light Reading, FTTH Ethernet: http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=98004

Fibers.org, POF for FTTH?: http://fibers.org/articles/news/8/5/19/1

MIT Technology Review on Verizon FiOS: http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16984

MIT Technology Review on HDTV over Internet: http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17375&ch=infotech

PC Magazine: Editor get FTTH: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1972495,00.asp

Light Reading: Comcast VOIP Spurs Verizon FiOS: http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=100389

Network Computing: FTTH Use Skyrockets in US: http://www.networkcomputing.com/channels/networkinfrastructure/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=191900301

USA Today: Verizon, Cablevision Skirmish: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/telecom/2006-08-23-cable-cover-usat_x.htm?POE=click-refer

Wall Street Journal: Tech's Cutting Edge? Try a Tiny Town http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB115396323507218646-lMyQjAxMDE2NTAzOTkwNjkzWj.html

City of Loma Linda, CA, Connected Community Project: http://www.ci.loma-linda.ca.us/llccp_index.htm

Fiber to the home usage skyrockets: Information Week, Aug 9, 2006

IGI Report on FTTP (summary of report) http://www.igigroup.com/st/pages/fttp.html

Tollgate Village - FTTH and Structured Cabling http://tollgatevillagetn.com/amenities.asp

 

 


 

Manufacturers Support Sites

ADC - The Book on FTTX, order form for free copy

Corning - Why FTTx Now? Optimization of FTTx Networks. More.

Exfo: FTTx testing and technology.

AFL: FTTx

Lucent: Broadband Access Solutions, Active Ethernet or PON?

Tellabs: Drivers For Deep Fiber Access Solutions

Agilent: PON Testing (advanced)


 

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