While many homes and businesses are best served with Fibre To The Premises (FTTP), a “fibre only” strategy will exclude many customers due to various fibre roadblocks. Multi-gigabit broadband service may reach many more customers, at a much lower cost, if Fibre To The Extension Point (FFTep) is employed where necessary. FTTep delivers multi-gigabit service over existing phone wire, coax cables or radio for a short section of wire leading to the customer premises and inside the premises. This article dispels a good number of “fibre only” myths.
