Definitions for "Fiber to the Home"
Keywords:  ftth, optic, ftto, hurdles, brought
Fiber optic access to the end user residence for telephony, video and other multimedia services where each home has a direct fiber connection.
Deployment of direct fiber optic connections to consumers' homes, allowing for wide bandwidth connections. FTTH faces technical hurdles (amplification of signals in the upstream direction), but the most significant factor holding it back is the cost of laying fiber optic cables. As such, FTTH is not expected to be the only wideband access solution, but it will be deployed selectively and will coexist with DSL access solutions over copper pairs. FTTO (fiber to the office) is more prevalent, because large office buildings contain enough users and demand for services to justify the cost of laying fiber.
A technology that provides voice, data and video services from the phone company's branch office to local customers over an all-fiber optic link. Still in its infancy, FTTH technology is substantially more expensive and labor-intensive to install and maintain than competing technologies.