Thursday, March 20, 2003

Verizon To Expand Broadband Services Verizon announced that it intends to increase it's Broadband DSL coverage by 10 million homes [up 28%] from 36 million homes to 46 million by the end of 2003, giving it Broadband coverage of ~80% of homes in its service area. They also announced that "The company will put DSL equipment in more than 3,000 neighborhood terminals that are connected to the Verizon network with fiber-optic cables, and it will put DSL equipment in approximately 1,000 additional neighborhood switching centers." "Verizon is exploring ways to advance its broadband deployment in 2004, including deploying fiber into neighborhoods and even bringing fiber to the premises of an initial set of customers." 3:59:37 PM    comment []

FTTH Penetration Study A FTTH Council press release today announced the results of a study on FTTH by Render Vanderslice & Associates. Here's an exerpt... WASHINGTON – March 18, 2003 – The Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council has updated its running list of “U.S. Optical Fiber Communities” with 20 new communities, bringing the current total to 70 communities in 20 states. The list, which was prepared by Render, Vanderslice and Associates of Tulsa, Okla. and first released in August 2002, tracks communities nationwide that are meeting growing consumer demand for broadband through FTTH solutions. 12:18:27 PM    comment []