FTTx benchmark: the United States

Technology and network

• Legacy network technology and service types
• Proposed FTTx technology and approach
• FTTx capability and services

NGN rollout

• FTTx rollouts are nationwide

Legacy products available

• Incumbent ADSL retail residential offerings (Internet only)
• Incumbent CMTS retail residential offerings (Internet only)

Wholesale services

• AT&T' s wholesale offerings
• Verizon' s wholesale offerings

Competition

• Telcos and cable operators compete head to head

Key players

• Lots of vendors share the pie

Government involvement

• LLU regulatory environment
• Regulation on fiber rollouts and existing services
• Regulation on fiber rollouts and potential services
• Maintenance of legacy network
• Local loop unbundling and FTTx
• Fibre-to-the-Home Council calls for ' 100 Megabit Nation'

• Figure 1. US broadband subscribers as of December 2007
• Figure 2. Breakdown of DSL subscribers between ADSL and VDSL
• Figure 3. US FTTx subscribers by service provider
• Figure 4. Number of homes passed with fiber in the United States
• Figure 5. Percentage of homes connected by large vs. small operators
• Figure 6. BPON architecture being deployed by Verizon
• Figure 7. Number of homes connected with FTTP
• Figure 8. FTTC and FTTN living units served by AT&T' s U-verse service
• Table 1. Service options and pricing for Verizon' s FiOS service as of June 2008
• Table 2. Service options with pricing for AT&T' s U-verse service as of June 2008
• Table 3. FTTx deployments in the US by Verizon and AT&T