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TABLE OF CONTENTS
IN THIS ISSUE
COVER STORY
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PROVIDER
PERSPECTIVE
By Bryan J. Rader,
Bandwidth Consulting LLC
FEATURES
COMMUNITY
BROADBAND
22
METRICS
By Masha Zager,
10
Broadband Communities
Mayor Jim Grays fiber optic initiative
puts Lexington, Ky., on a forwardlooking path.
Korcett Holdings
PROPERTY OF
THE MONTH
By Masha Zager,
14
Broadband Communities
A new network infrastructure
in a private high school yields
educational benefits.
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OPINION
BROADBAND APPS
78
84
Connecting Cambridge /
By Saul Tannenbaum,
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By Michael B. Shear,
TECHNOLOGY
THE LAW
80
Next-Generation
Internet / By David Daugherty,
Legacy cable and telco
infrastructure was designed
for the pre-Internet world.
Next-generation Internet
needs a new approach.
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THE GIGABIT
HIGHWAY
96
FTTH Boosts
Home Values /
By Heather Burnett Gold,
FTTH Council Americas
Fiber-delivered Internet
increases home values by up
to 3.1 percent, according to a
new study.
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Next-Generation Internet
Legacy cable and telco infrastructure was designed for the pre-Internet world.
As the Internet evolves, the old infrastructure will fall increasingly short of consumer
expectations.
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electric co-ops on the challenges of building and
running a broadband business.
Figure 1: Bandwidth utilization report for network with uncapped Internet access
Figure 2: Bandwidth utilization report for network with capped Internet access
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METRICS
Demand for managed Internet services is
outpacing demand for unmanaged services.
A Furukawa Company
Park Square at Seven Oaks has frst-class amenities, including gigabit Internet access.
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The passive optical LAN distributes bandwidth to Park Square at Seven Oakss 224 units.
Technology used:
GPON (passive optical LAN)
Method for running fber to the unit:
AT&T fber terminates at a
fber switch in the Park Square
clubhouse. Fiber is home-run to
each of the 16 buildings, and a fber
patch panel on the side of each
building distributes the fber to each
unit. See diagram for details.
Vendors and strategic partners: TE
Connectivity supplied its Optical
LAN solution together with
active electronics from Zhone
Technologies. Qypsys was the
infrastructure integrator.
LESSONS LEARNED
What was the biggest challenge?
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AS A FIRST TIME
PARTICIPANT, THE EVENT
WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE
Each speaker described their
individual origins within their
deployment, key positives and
negatives. As a frst time participant,
the event was very impressive.
Mayor William Wescott, Mayor
City of Rock Falls, IL
A P R IL 5-7, 2016
REAL WORLD
EXPERIENCES
Real world experiences and
the associated consequences
found value in all of the panelists
commentary.
David Hopkins, 911 Director
Southern Tier Network
PRESENTATIONS WERE
VERY USEFUL IN CASTING
KEY BROADBAND ISSUES
The keynote presentations were
very useful in casting key broadband
issues in a very important global
light.
Andrea Brown, Attorney
Lexington-Fayette Urban County
Government (KY)
AUSTIN SUMMIT
THE SCHEDULE OF GUEST SPEAKERS
WAS FANTASTIC
The Broadband Communities Summit was a fantastic event.
We met with lots of people interested in what SiFi Networks
has to ofer. The schedule of guest speakers was fantastic
and the workshops very useful, we look forward to hopefully
attending again next year.
Sara Pickstock, Marketing and Communications Director
SiFi Networks
Hilda Legg
Former RUS Administrator
and Vice Chair, Broadband
Communities
Tom Wheeler
Chairman, Federal
Communications
Commission
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
WERE SECOND TO NONE
A very professional efort put forth by
every one of the BBC staf. The conference
was outstanding, and it was extremely
professional and the networking
opportunities were second to none.
Gordon Caverly, RCDD
Regional Vice President
Mid-State Consultants
Eric Free
Vice President, The Internet of
Things Group, Intel Corp.
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Lexington story at the
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Economic Development
Conference in September.
Lexington locals and visitors enjoy live music at the Thursday Night Live Block Party.
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COMMUNITY BROADBAND
Lexington received
11 responses to
its request for
information and
is now exploring
a range of
possible avenues
to becoming a
gigabit city.
KENTUCKYWIRED
A STATEWIDE FIBER RING
One factor that makes Lexingtons gigabit initiative possible is
KentuckyWired, a unique statewide project that aims to develop a robust,
reliable, fber backbone infrastructure to bring high-speed Internet
connectivity to every part of Kentucky. Gov. Steve Beshear and U.S. Rep.
Hal Rogers announced in December 2014 that the project would be built
as a public-private initiative with the Australian fnancial giant Macquarie
Capital and its consortium partners, which include First Solutions, Fujitsu
Network Communications, Black & Veatch and Bowlin Group.
Gov. Beshear said at the time, Kentuckys Internet speed and
accessibility have lagged behind the rest of the nation far too long. This
partnership puts us on the path to propel the commonwealth forward
in education, economic development, health care, public safety and
much more.
KentuckyWired will be paid for primarily by leveraging private capital.
If we were to rely solely on state government funding to get this project
of the ground, it would take years, if not decades. Those kinds of tax
dollars just arent available, said Gov. Beshear. In this technologydependent economy, we cant aford to wait another minute. Thats why
this partnership is so valuable it ramps up this project to the speed of the
private sector without any additional burden on our taxpayers.
THE MIDDLE MILE
The frst stage of the project is to build 3,000 miles of main broadband
fber lines, or middle-mile network, across the state. Fiber will be available
in all 120 counties, and the underserved eastern Kentucky region will be
the frst priority area. Once this backbone is complete, Internet service
providers, cities, partnerships or other groups may tap into it to complete
the last mile to homes or businesses. The project will take advantage of
existing infrastructure to deliver the network more quickly and reduce
construction costs.
Improved cell phone coverage is anticipated as part of the initiative.
Cell phone companies may use the middle-mile fber network to add
capacity and broaden coverage areas that have traditionally had poor
cell phone reception.
The push for reliable, accessible high-speed broadband emerged from
the Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) initiative, which aims to help
Kentuckys economy adapt to the restructuring in the coal industry. This
new Super I-Way is the cornerstone of SOARs mission to diversify the
economy in eastern Kentucky with improvements in business recruitment,
fast-tracking telemedicine in the mountains and adding high-tech
advancements in education, said Congressman Rogers.
The project is estimated to cost between $250 million to $350 million
and will be supported by approximately $30 million in state bonds and $15
to $20 million in federal grants.
The network will be open access, meaning that many Internet and cell
phone service providers can lease portions of it. Because those leases will
not be limited to one provider per county or community, consumers will
have broadband choices. By partnering with the network, providers will be
able to reduce their costs when building out last-mile services and that
competition should result in lower consumer costs.
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2015
Leaders and innovators in the fber-to-the-home arena for 2015
A BBC Staf Report
Communities annual
FTTH Top 100 list celebrates
organizations for their contributions to
Building a Fiber-Connected World. Tis has
been a good year for building a fber-connected
world, and thats refected in the composition of
the 2015 list.
Among the trends the editorial staf took
into account are the following:
roadband
Cable companies are joining the fber-to-thehome parade. Comcast and Cox, leveraging
fber they had deployed to business customers
and others, announced large-scale residential
FTTH buildouts (along with future
www.3-GIS.com
www.alliedfber.com
www.comcast.com
www.cox.com
www.fberdyne.com
http://us.fujitsu.com/telecom
www.onecommunity.org
www.pavlovmedia.com
www.pulsebroadband.net
www.ting.com/internet
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SELECTION CRITERIA
In selecting the FTTH Top 100, the editors looked
for organizations that advance the cause of ber-based
broadband by
Deploying networks that are large or ambitious, have
innovative business plans or are intended to transform
local economies or improve communities quality of life
Supplying key hardware, software or services to deployers
Introducing innovative technologies with game-changing
potential, even if they have not yet been commercially
deployed
Providing key conditions for fber builds, such as earlystage support or demand aggregation.
To be listed among the FTTH Top 100, an organization
may be based anywhere in the world but must do business
in North America. Except for broadband service providers,
which are inherently local, we give preference to organizations
that serve national rather than local markets. Overall size is
unimportant, as is corporate form in addition to for-proft
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Advanced Media
Technologies
AFL
Alcatel-Lucent
WEBSITE
www.3-GIS.com
PHONE
www.3M.com/telecom
www.actiontec.com
www.adtran.com
www.amt.com
www.AFLglobal.com
www.alcatel-lucent.com
Allied Fiber
www.alliedfber.com
Allied Telesis
www.alliedtelesis.com
Alpha Technologies
www.alpha.com
Anritsu Company
www.anritsu.com
800-ANRITSU
(267-4878)
ARRIS
www.arris.com
www.att.com/
communities
www.aeg.cc, www.
atlanticfbernetworks.com
www.baller.com
BHC Rhodes
www.ibhc.com
Blandin Foundation
C Spire / C Spire Fiber
www.bv.com
www.blandin
foundation.org
www.cspire.com/
fberhome
COMPANY
WEBSITE
PHONE
Calix
www.calix.com
CCG
www.ccgcomm.com
CenturyLink
www.centurylink.com
www.charles
industries.com
Charles Industries
Cincinnati Bell
www.cincinnatibell.com,
www.cincinnatibell.com/
Fioptics
Cisco Systems
www.cisco.com
www.seeclearfeld.com
Clearfeld
Comcast Cable
CommScope
Corning / Corning Optical
Communications
COS Systems
www.comcast.com
www.commscope.com
www.corning.com/
opcomm
www.cossystems.com
Cox Communications
www.cox.com
www.ctcnet.us
www.dasan
networksus.com
Design Nine
www.designnine.com
Ditch Witch
www.ditchwitch.com
Dura-Line
www.duraline.com
Dycom Industries
www.dycomind.com
www.epbf.com
www.etisoftware.com
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WEBSITE
www.exfo.com
PHONE
www.fberdyne.com
Finley Engineering
www.fecinc.com
Fujitsu Network
Communications
http://us.fujitsu.com/
telecom
www.g4s.us
Genexis
GLDS
www.genexis.eu
www.glds.com
www.google.com
Graybar
www.graybar.com
www.gvtc.com
www.henkels.com
www.hbci.com
GVTC Communications
Hiawatha Broadband
Communications
Hotwire Communications
InfniSys Electronic
Architects
www.hotwire
communications.com
www.electronic
architect.com
www.ilsr.org;
www.MuniNetworks.org
Inteleconnect
www.inteleconnect.com
iPhotonix
www.iphotonix.com
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PHONE
www.jdsu.com
www.kgplogistics.com
Leviton Manufacturing
www.leviton.com
LUS Fiber
www.lusfber.com
m2fx
Macquarie Group /
Macquarie Capital
www.m2fx.com
www.macquarie.com
Magellan Advisors
www.magellanadvisors.com
Mapcom Systems
www.mapcom.com
MasTec
www.mastec.com
MaxCell
www.maxcell
innerduct.com/
Michels Corporation
www.michels.us
Mid-State Consultants
www.mscon.com
Millennium
Communications Group
www.millenniuminc.com,
www.matrixdg.com
Multicom
www.multicominc.com
800-423-2594 Distributor of fber optic products for endto-end communications solutions; VoIP
services
Multilink
www.gomultilink.com
NEO Fiber
www.NEOfber.net
OFS
www.ofsoptics.com
WEBSITE
www.ontracinc.net
PHONE
OneCommunity
www.onecommunity.org
www.pace.com/americas,
www.aurora.com
Pacifc Broadband
Networks
Pavlov Media
Power & Tel
www.pbnglobal.com/
www.pavlovmedia.com
www.ptsupply.com
www.preformed.com
Prysmian Group
www.prysmian.com
Pulse Broadband
www.pulsebroadband.net
SDT
www.sdt-1.com
SENKO Advanced
Components
www.senko.com
Smithville Communications /
Smithville Telecom /
Smithville Fiber
Sonic
www.smithville.net
www.sonic.net
Superior Essex
www.SuperiorEssex.com
Suttle
www.suttlesolutions.com
www.te.com
www.teamfshel.com
TE Connectivity
Team Fishel
Telect
www.telect.com
COMPANY
Tellabs
Tucows / Ting
US Ignite
Vantage Point Solutions
WEBSITE
PHONE
www.tellabs.com
www.ting.com/internet
www.us-ignite.org
www.vantagepnt.com
www.verizon.com;
www.verizon.com/
communities
Vermeer Corporation
www.vermeer.com
www.walkerfrst.com
ZyXEL Communications
Verizon Communications /
Verizon Enhanced
Communities
Zhone Technologies
www.zhone.com
www.us.zyxel.com
3-GIS
256-560-0744
www.3-GIS.com
3M Company /
Communication Markets Division
www.3M.com/telecom
800-426-8688
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Actiontec Electronics
www.actiontec.com
408-752-7700
Key Products: Broadband customer-premises equipment,
wireless and video networking solutions
COMPANY NAME
WEB ADDRESS
AFL
www.AFLglobal.com
Alcatel-Lucent
www.alcatel-lucent.com
Allied Telesis
www.alliedtelesis.com
Alpha Techologies
www.alpha.com
Atlantic Engineering Group
www.aeg.cc
BHC Rhodes
www.ibhc.com/
Black and Veatch
www.bv.com
BVU Authority
www.bvu-optinet.com
CCI Systems
www.ccisystems.com/
CCG
www.ccgcomm.com/
CHR Solutions
www.chrsolutions.com
Communications Test Design Inc. (CTDI) www.ctdi.com
Corning Optical
Communications
www.corning.com/opcomm
Crestino Telecom Solutions
www.crestino.com
CTC Technology & Energy
www.ctcnet.us
Design Nine
www.designnine.com
Dycom
www.dycomind.com
Ervin Cable Construction
www.ervincable.com/
eX2 technology
www.ex2technology.com
Fiber-Tel Contractors
www.fbertelcontractors.com
Finley Engineering
www.fecinc.com
Fujitsu Network Communications http://us.fujitsu.
com/telecom
G4S Secure Integration
www.g4s.us
GTS
www.gts-yes.com
Henkels & McCoy
www.henkels.com
HunTel Engineering
www.htleng.com
InfniSys Electronic
Architects
www.electronicarchitect.com
COMPANY NAME
WEB ADDRESS
Inteleconnect
www.inteleconnect.com
J&R Underground
www.jrundergroundllc.com
KGP Logistics
www.kgplogistics.com
Ledcor Group
www.ledcor.com
Magellan Advisors
www.magellan-advisors.com
MasTec
www.mastec.com
Michels Communications
www.michels.us
Mid-State Consultants
www.mscon.com
Millennium Communications
Group
www.millenniuminc.com
MP Nexlevel
www.mpnexlevel.com
Multicom
www.multicominc.com
NEO Fiber
www.neofber.net
OFS
www.ofsoptics.com
On Trac
www.ontracinc.net
Pace International
www.paceintl.com
Pinpoint Services
www.pinpointservices.com/
Pulse Broadband
www.pulsebroadband.net
S&N Communications
www.sncomm.com
SDT
www.sdt-1.com
Spectrum Engineering Corp.
www.spectrumeng.com
Team Fishel
www.teamfshel.com
Tellabs
www.tellabs.com
Tellus Venture Associates
www.tellusventure.com
Turnkey Network Solutions
www.tkns.net
Uptown Services
www.uptownservices.com
U-reka Broadband
Ventures
www.u-rekabroadband.com
Vantage Point Solutions
www.vantagepnt.com
Walker and Associates
www.walkerfrst.com
ADTRAN
www.adtran.com
256-963-8000
Key Products: Solutions for FTTH, Carrier Ethernet, packet
optical transport, mobile backhaul, service migration and
service management
Summary: ADTRAN is one of the fastest growing FTTH
vendors globally. Its solutions enable broadband expansion,
IPTV video deployment, business Ethernet service delivery,
cell site and small-cell backhaul and converged network
services. Te advanced packet network infrastructure of the
companys fagship Total Access 5000 platform delivers fber
and copper access services across a pure Ethernet core, allowing
mixed deployments of GPON (including NG-PON2), active
Ethernet, vectored VDSL2 and traditional T1 services. For
services that require strict service-level agreements, the Total
Access 5000 also provides MEF-based Carrier Ethernet services
over wavelength, OTN, fber, copper and TDM. In April
2015, ADTRAN announced that Troy Cable had selected its
advanced FTTH portfolio to deliver gigabit Internet service
to residential customers in more than 20 communities across
Alabama. In May 2015, ADTRAN announced a breakthrough
in the economics of delivering FTTP service based on NGPON2 architecture. ADTRANs implementation of this 10
Gbps, symmetric, standards-based technology allows for
simultaneous delivery of residential, business and backhaul
applications on the same infrastructure using diferent optical
transceivers. ADTRAN is based in Huntsville, Ala., and had
2014 sales of approximately $630 million.
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Alcatel-Lucent
www.alcatel-lucent.com
908-582-3000
Allied Fiber
www.alliedfber.com
212-920-8300
Summary: Allied Fiber owns, builds and operates a networkneutral, fber optic cable system that connects subsea landing
points, wireless towers, data centers, carrier hotels, co-location
facilities, enterprise buildings, schools and governments with
long-haul and short-haul dark fber. Its goal is to build and
provide access to an abundant supply of dark fber in areas
where it is most needed. Allied Fiber recently completed
construction of the network segment between Miami and
Atlanta and is currently planning its next route segment.
Carriers along Allied Fibers route are already using the
network to expand last-mile service. For example, Joytel
Networks, a Florida ISP, entered into a 10-year agreement
with Allied Fiber that will enable it to provide Internet access
and fber-based network services to underserved areas on the
east coast of Florida, and municipal operator Palm Coast
FiberNET connected its open-access network to Allied Fibers
network to help drive job growth and give business customers
access to additional service providers.
Allied Telesis
www.alliedtelesis.com
800-424-4284
Key Products: Access network equipment that delivers
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Anritsu Company
www.anritsu.com
800-ANRITSU (267-4878)
Key Products: Network test and measurement instruments;
microwave, optical and RF components; service assurance
solutions
Summary: Anritsu was founded in 1895, the year Marconi
demonstrated the frst wireless telegraph, and has been at the
forefront of the evolution of information and communications
networks ever since. Anritsus core business is test and
measurement instruments for existing and next-generation
wired and wireless communication systems and operators, and
its products are used in R&D, manufacture and maintenance
of wired and wireless, RF/microwave and optical solutions.
Fiber network installers use Anritsu equipment for such
critical measurements as optical time-domain refectometry,
chromatic dispersion, polarization mode dispersion and
optical return loss. In addition, Anritsu manufactures a line
of optoelectronic components for optical communications
systems and fber optic sensing applications. Te company
also ofers solutions for network and service performance
management and service intelligence. Anritsu Company, the
U.S. subsidiary of Anritsu Corporation, is headquartered in
Morgan Hill, Calif., and has operations in Richardson, Texas,
and Pine Brook, N.J. Anritsu Corporation, headquartered in
Atsugi, Japan, posted revenue of just under $1 billion for the
fscal year ending March 31, 2015.
ARRIS
www.arris.com
678-473-2000; 866-362-7747
Key Products: Optical and RF equipment, including RFoG,
for HFC and fber networks; Carrier Ethernet solutions;
voice and data modems and gateways; on-demand video
and interactive advertising platforms; whole-home DVR;
fxed-mobile convergence; software for remote workforce
management and network management
Summary: ARRIS broadband solutions support traditional
RF triple-play services as well as IP video and high-speed
data services, voice, on-demand content, targeted advertising,
and network and workforce assurance solutions. Te
companys FTTMAX RFoG solution is a cable-friendly
FTTP infrastructure that allows future migration to
EPON or GPON without changes to the outside plant.
Because FTTMAX design fundamentals are based on HFC
technology, deployment and maintenance are relatively
simple for service technicians, and the technology allows
cable providers to postpone the transition to all-IP solutions.
In April 2015, ARRIS announced its plans to acquire Pace, a
provider of technology solutions to the pay-TV and broadband
industries. When the acquisition is complete, the company
will operate as New ARRIS. Headquartered north of Atlanta,
in Suwanee, Ga., ARRIS has R&D, sales and support centers
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Blandin Foundation
www.blandinfoundation.org
877-882-2257
Key Products: Grant making, community leadership
development and public policy programs
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support rural Minnesota communities as they grow highspeed Internet access and use in their communities.
Calix
www.calix.com
707-766-3000; 877-766-3500
CCG
www.ccgcomm.com
202-255-7689
Key Products: Regulatory, engineering, marketing, and
strategy and planning services
NETWORK TESTING,
MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT
SERVICES
COMPANY NAME
WEB ADDRESS
AFL
www.AFLglobal.com
Alcatel-Lucent
www.alcatel-lucent.com
Allied Telesis
www.alliedtelesis.com
Atlantic Engineering Group
www.aeg.cc
BVU Authority
www.bvufocus.com
CHR Solutions
www.chrsolutions.com
Design Nine /
WideOpen Networks www.wideopennetworks.us
Ericsson
www.ericsson.com
iGLASS
www.iglass.net
INOC
www.inoc.com
Korcett Holdings
www.korcett.com
MasTec
www.mastec.com
Michels Communications
www.michels.us
Satellite Management Services
www.smstv.com
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CUSTOMER-PREMISES EQUIPMENT
OTHER THAN NETWORK
INTERFACE DEVICES
These companies provide set-top boxes,
routers, residential gateways, home networking gear
and related equipment.
COMPANY NAME
WEB ADDRESS
Actiontec
www.actiontec.com
Advanced Digital Broadcast
www.adbglobal.com
Amino Communications
www.aminocom.com
ARRIS
www.arris.com
BEC Technologies
www.bectechnologies.net
Cisco Systems
www.cisco.com
Comtrend
www.comtrend.com
D-Link
www.dlink.com
DrayTek
www.draytek.com
EchoStar
www.echostar.com
Entone
www.entone.com
Genexis
www.genexis.eu
Leviton Manufacturing
www.leviton.com
NETGEAR
www.netgear.com
Pace
www.pace.com
Roku
www.roku.com
Suttle
www.suttleonline.com
Technicolor
www.technicolor.com
Tilgin
www.tilgin.com
ZyXEL Communications
www.us.zyxel.com
Comcast Cable
www.comcast.com
Key Products: Internet, video and phone service
The past year has been great for community networks from President
Obamas speaking in favor of municipal networks to the FCCs removing
barriers to community networks in North Carolina and Tennessee, we
have seen a lot of enthusiasm for communities investing in themselves to
expand high-quality Internet access.
Christopher Mitchell, Director, Community Broadband Networks, Institute for Local Self-Reliance
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Cox Communications
www.cox.com
Key Products: High-speed Internet, video, voice and home
security services
Summary: Cox Communications is the third-largest cable
and broadband company in the United States, with about
6 million total customers. Cox is also the nations thirdlargest cable television provider. It serves both residential
and business customers with a variety of advanced digital
video, high-speed Internet and telephone services over
its IP network. In May 2014, Cox committed to deliver
residential gigabit Internet speeds to all markets it serves by
the end of 2016. A year later, the company announced that
G1GABLAST, its residential gigabit Internet service, was
already available in parts of Phoenix, Ariz.; Orange County,
Calif.; Omaha, Neb.; and Las Vegas, Nev. (Te company
had been deploying multi-gigabit speeds to businesses for
more than 10 years.) In February 2015, Cox and Cleveland
Clinic announced the formation of Vivre Health, a strategic
alliance to bring world-class health care to the home
through innovative telehealth and home health solutions.
Cox also invested in HealthSpot, a pioneer in patient- and
provider-driven telehealth technology. Privately held Cox is a
subsidiary of Cox Enterprises and headquartered in Atlanta.
Ditch Witch
www.ditchwitch.com
800-654-6481
COMPANY NAME
WEB ADDRESS
Fluke Networks
www.fukenetworks.com
GE
www.gedigitalenergy.com/
GLDS
www.glds.com
IDI Billing
www.idibilling.com
Incognito Software
www.incognito.com
Ineoquest
www.ineoquest.com/
iToolsOnline
www.itoolsonline.com/
Logisense
www.logisense.com
Mapcom Systems
www.mapcom.com
MRV Communications
www.mrv.com
National Information
Solutions Cooperative
www.nisc.coop
Pacifc Broadband Networks www.pbnglobal.com
Procera Networks
www.proceranetworks.com
Sandvine
www.sandvine.com
Sigma Systems
www.sigma-systems.com
Tellabs
www.tellabs.com
TraceSpan
www.tracespan.com
ZCorum
www.zcorum.com
Dura-Line
www.duraline.com
800-847-7661
Key Products: Conduit, cable-in-conduit, microducts and
accessories
Summary: Dura-Line develops and manufactures HDPE
conduits for protecting fber optic, electrical and coaxial cables.
It supplies fber optic conduit and related products to telecom,
data, cable TV, power and other markets. Customers include
Verizon, AT&T, Cablevision, Telmex, Time Warner Cable and
Bharti. Dura-Line developed the frst ducts for installing and
protecting fber optic cables in 1981, introduced a complete
line of fber optic microduct products in 2001, and followed
up in 2003 with FuturePath, a bundled package of microducts
that can be installed the same way as traditional conduit.
FuturePath allows up to 24 pathways in a single conduit. DuraLine, which was acquired by Mexichem in September 2014, is
based in Knoxville, Tenn., and has revenue of more than $700
million with 1,500-plus employees worldwide.
Dycom Industries
www.dycomind.com
561-627-7171
Key Products: Engineering, construction, maintenance and
installation services for telecommunications providers
Summary: Dycom Industries is a provider of specialty
contracting services throughout the United States and
Canada. It provides engineering, construction, maintenance
and installation services for telecommunications providers;
underground facility locating services for various utilities;
and construction and maintenance services for electric and
gas utilities and others. In 2012, Dycom acquired Quantas
telecommunications business, which expanded its ofering
with comprehensive broadband installation and maintenance
services for inside- and outside-plant facilities and residential
and commercial FTTx networks. Customers include AT&T,
Verizon and many other leading telephone and cable operators.
Services include rack installation, engineering and design,
EXFO
www.EXFO.com
418-683-0211; 800-663-3936
Key Products: Telecom test and service assurance solutions
Summary: EXFO provides next-generation test and service
assurance solutions for wireline and wireless network
operators and equipment manufacturers in the global
telecommunications industry. Te company ofers solutions for
the development, installation, management and maintenance
of converged, IP fxed and mobile networks from the core to
the edge. Applications supported include 3G, 4G/LTE, IMS,
Ethernet, 40G/100G, FTTx, FTTA and DAS, ADSL2+,
VDSL2, IP Data, VoIP, IPTV and various optical technologies.
According to Frost & Sullivan, EXFO leads the portable fber
ADVERTISEMENT
JULY 2015
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FIBER-TO-THE-HOME
ELECTRONICS
These companies provide FTTH electronic
equipment for central ofces/headends,
customer premises or both.
COMPANY NAME
WEB ADDRESS
ADTRAN
www.adtran.com
Alcatel-Lucent
www.alcatel-lucent.com
Allied Telesis
www.alliedtelesis.com
ARRIS
www.arris.com
Aurora Networks
(a Pace company)
www.aurora.com
Calix
www.calix.com
Cisco Systems
www.cisco.com
CommScope
www.commscope.com
CTDI
www.ctdi.com
D-Link
www.dlink.com
Dasan Networks USA www.dasannetworksus.com
Genexis
www.genexis.eu
iPhotonix
www.iphotonix.com
Multicom
www.multicominc.com
Pacifc Broadband Networks www.pbnglobal.com
ReadyLinks
www.ready-links.com
Sumitomo Electric
Lightwave
www.sumitomoelectric.com
Telco Systems
www.telco.com
Tellabs
www.tellabs.com
Tilgin
www.tilgin.com
Zhone Technologies
www.zhone.com
ZyXEL Communications
us.zyxel.com
Fiberdyne Labs
www.fberdyne.com
315-895-8470
Key Products: Optical passive devices, fber cable and fber
cable assemblies, test equipment; fber installation, splicing
and testing services
Summary: Fiberdyne is a manufacturer, refurbisher and
value-added seller of fber optic products for FTTH,
cable, telecom and enterprise networks. Products include
components, passives, fber distribution equipment, fber
media converters and switches, connectors, terminators,
fber cables and cable assemblies and test equipment. Its
professional services include design, installation and testing
of structured fber cabling; fber characterization; emergency
restoration of inside plant and outside plant; and engineering,
furnish and install services. Fiberdyne is headquartered
in Frankfort, N.Y., with ofces in Rochester, N.Y.; Pagosa
Springs, Colo.; and Wenatchee, Wash. Te company, founded
in 1992, is privately owned. It has 100 full-time employees.
Finley Engineering
www.fecinc.com
417-682-5531
Key Products: Network design and engineering services
Summary: Finley Engineering Company has more than
60 years of communications and electric power engineering
experience and nearly 30 years of experience with fber
communication and data projects. Te company works with
organizations that provide fber connections to improve end
Genexis
www.genexis.eu
443-602-4510; +31 40-747-0233
Key Products: Customer-premises equipment for FTTH
service providers, service-provisioning software
Summary: Genexis provides solutions for in-home fber
broadband connectivity. Te Hybrid modular FTTH gateway
enables services for point-to-point and GPON networks. It
ofers a fexible combination of fber management, network
demarcation and a residential gateway that can be tailored
to match various deployment scenarios. Te Hybrid product
line recently expanded to include a cost-efective version
for business use as well as an outdoor ofering. FiberTwist,
for fber and network demarcation, is a compact, easy-toinstall CPE solution. Available for point-to-point and GPON
networks, it has a twist-on interface that enables do-it-yourself
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GLDS
www.glds.com
800-882-7950
Graybar
www.graybar.com
800-GRAYBAR (472-9227)
Key Products: PON electronics, optical transport, fber
cabinets/enclosures, single-mode fber optic cable, fber
splice closures and pedestals, DC power, outdoor fber
terminals, FTTx drop cable and hardened multiservice
terminals
Summary: Graybar specializes in supply-chain management
services getting the right parts to the right places at the right
time so construction moves ahead and inventory doesnt pile
up in warehouses. Te company is a leading North American
distributor of components, equipment and materials for
telecommunications and other industries. FTTH and related
solutions represent a signifcant portion of its broadband
business. Independent telephone companies, competitive
phone companies, municipalities, RUS plow contractors,
GVTC Communications
www.gvtc.com
800-367-4882
Key Products: Video, high-speed Internet with 1 Gbps
availability, security monitoring, local and long-distance
telephone, advanced data services, Wi-Fi, Ethernet backhaul
Summary: A large telephone cooperative based outside San
Antonio in the Texas Hill Country, GVTC made a name for
itself through its aggressive rollout of fber to the home and
close collaboration with the economic development agencies
that use its fber network to recruit and retain businesses. In
June 2014, the company launched the GVTC GigaRegion
with the cities of Boerne, Bulverde and Gonzales to collectively
promote the business and lifestyle benefts of gigabit
connectivity. In September 2014, GVTC started delivering
1 Gbps speeds through more than 2,200 miles of fber to its
2,000-square-mile service area. In January 2015, GVTC and
the city of Boerne announced a partnership to expand GVTCs
fber network throughout the city limits to an added 1,590
homes. Tis year, GVTC continues work on its fber network
2.0 build out. Fiber connections are planned for 2,298 rooftops
throughout the Texas Hill Country. Te company continues
to expand its Ethernet backhaul services for wireless companies
such as AT&T, Verizon and regional carriers. GVTC has 230
employees, and its revenue for 2014 was $94.8 million.
Hotwire Communications
www.hotwirecommunications.com
800-409-4733
Key Products: Data, voice and video services delivered over
FTTP networks
Summary: Hotwire Communications is one of the nations
largest independent providers of fber-to-the-premises
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JDSU
www.jdsu.com
408-546-5000
Key Products: Fiber optic communications components,
network optimization and test equipment for service
providers and enterprises
Summary: JDSU provides test, measurement and enablement
solutions and optical products for telecommunications
service providers, cable operators, network equipment
manufacturers, contractors and enterprises. Te companys
network optimization and communications test tools are
designed to enable systems that can be managed remotely and
respond dynamically to changes in network trafc patterns
as demand increases. As announced on Sept. 10, 2014, JDSU
will separate into two publicly traded companies by the
third calendar quarter of 2015. Lumentum will be an optical
components and commercial lasers company consisting of
JDSUs current Communications and Commercial Optical
Products segment. Viavi will consist of JDSUs current
Network Enablement, Service Enablement and Optical
Security and Performance Products segments. Based in
Milpitas, Calif., JDSU has approximately 5,000 employees.
Its revenue for the fscal year ending June 2014 was just under
$1.75 billion. Optical communications solutions include
detectors/receivers, modulators, amplifers, transceivers,
passives, pump/source lasers, ROADMs and WSSs, transport
blades, and tunable transmission modules.
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KGP Logistics
www.kgplogistics.com
800-755-1950
LUS Fiber
www.lusfber.com
337-993-4237
Summary: LUS demonstrates that superfast, communityowned networks can be fnancially successful. Te only
community-owned, all fber optic network in Louisiana,
LUS Fiber ofers 1 Gbps Internet access, making Lafayette
a member of an elite group of U.S. cities. Like all Internet
speeds provided by LUS Fiber, the gigabit service is
symmetrical, so users enjoy 1 Gbps both upstream and
downstream. Despite ferce price competition, the LUS Fiber
customer list continues to grow; the company doubled its
Internet access speeds last year for a minimal price increase
and ofers 1 Gbps intranet speeds with all tiers of Internet
service. LUS Fiber, operated by the Lafayette Utilities System,
a department of the municipal government, became cash fow
positive in 2012 (four years after operations started) and is on
target to reach fnancial self-sufciency this year. Standard &
Poors recently raised its revenue bond rating to A+. In 2014,
the entire LUS system, including water and power, sent $22
million to the citys general fund in lieu of taxes.
Leviton Manufacturing
www.leviton.com
718-229-4040
Key Products: Premises wiring, outside plant, central-ofce
solutions and home automation products
Summary: Leviton Manufacturing supplies secure, highbandwidth fber and copper connectivity solutions for
enterprise, data center and service provider networks.
Residential customers use Levitons lighting controls,
wiring devices and home automation products, which allow
homeowners to create smart living environments that deliver
energy savings, safety and convenience. Te company has
more than 20 years of experience developing solutions
for high-speed networks and ofers a full line of customconfgurable products along with layout and design support
services for data centers. Te companys online confgurator
allows users to quickly and easily customize enclosures,
copper and fber cable assemblies, copper patch cords and
PDUs to meet their network needs. Privately held and based
in Melville, N.Y., Leviton has a portfolio of more than 25,000
products and 600 patents, employs more than 7,000 people
and has sales in 80 countries.
m2fx
www.m2fx.com
847-325-5454
Key Products: Armored polymer microduct and fber cables
for FTTH and MDU markets
Summary: Te m2fx product range enables low-risk, costefective fber deployment through its range of fber optic
cable and microduct solutions. m2fx manufactures Minifex
cable, an optical fber cable solution that is a leader in fber
protection, fexibility and installation performance and is
fully compatible with industry-standard microduct. m2fx
also supplies the QuikPush family of preconnectorized
COMPANY NAME
WEB ADDRESS
Multilink
www.multilinkone.com
OFS
www.ofsoptics.com
Opterna
www.opterna.com
Opti-Com Manufacturing
Network
www.opti-com.info/
Pencell Plastics
www.pencell.com
Preformed Line Products
www.preformed.com
Primex Manufacturing
www.primexfts.com
Prysmian
www.prysmian.com
Radiant Communications
www.rccfber.com
SENKO Advanced Components
www.senko.com
Sumitomo Electric
Lightwave
www.sumitomoelectric.com
Superior Essex
www.SuperiorEssex.com/Comm
Suttle
www.suttlesolutions.com/
TE Connectivity
www.te.com
Telect
www.telect.com
Tellabs
www.tellabs.com
TeraSpan
www.teraspan.com
Thermo Bond
www.thermobond.com
Timbercon
www.timbercon.com
Westell
www.westell.com
Mapcom Systems
www.mapcom.com
804-743-1860
Magellan Advisors
www.magellan-advisors.com
888-488-1767
Interest in innovative public-private partnerships as a way to get ultrahigh-speed Internet access for cities and counties has exploded in the last
few years as municipal leaders understand more clearly the importance of
a robust infrastructure to their economic future.
Hu Meena, president and CEO, C Spire
Michels Corporation
www.michels.us
920-583-3132
Key Products: Fiber optic network construction, including
outside-plant construction, structured cabling, and fber
splicing and testing
Summary: In 1983, Michels, based in Brownsville, Wis.,
was one of the frst companies to construct fber lines. Today,
it builds thousands of miles of fber optic and broadband
networks per year. Its communications division serves all
sectors of the communications industry local telephone
companies, broadband and cable TV providers, schools and
enterprises. Plowing, trenching, splicing, terminating, testing,
constructing aerial lines, directional boring, rail plowing,
installing cable, conducting site work and providing FTTx
solutions are some of the services Michels Communications
ofers. Last year, the company booked $1.9 billion in new
construction to rank 33rd on the Engineering News-Record
list of top 400 contractors. It assists clients with growth
forecasting, verifcation of existing facilities, investigation of
potential migration strategies and cost estimates of numerous
deployment options. Te companys construction design
and management services include all phases of inside- and
outside-plant engineering. Te frm, which has more than
5,000 employees, has about 31 regional ofces throughout the
United States.
JULY 2015
Mid-State Consultants
www.mscon.com
435-623-8601
Key Products: Communications engineering services,
facilities management software
Summary: Mid-State Consultants ofers a full range of
communications engineering services for telephony, data
and video networks as well as computerized mapping and
conversion and construction supervision. Te company has
experience working for a broad clientele, including local
exchange carriers, RBOCs, interexchange carriers, competitive
access providers, ISPs, cellular operators and CATV operators,
and it has participated in many FTTH projects. Mid-State
assists clients with growth forecasting, verifcation of existing
facilities, investigation of potential migration strategies
and cost estimates of numerous deployment options. Te
companys construction design and management services
include all phases of inside- and outside-plant engineering.
Mid-States e-TICS facilities management software facilitates
the assignment of inside and outside plant from end to end;
for FTTH networks, it can assign fbers and splitter ports
to specifc locations. Last year, the company acquired CBW
Communications Engineers, a professional engineering frm
whose client base has expanded from independent telephone
companies in North Carolina to companies throughout the
southeastern United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands. MidState Consultants is headquartered in Nephi, Utah, and has
eight regional ofces throughout the United States.
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Multicom
www.multicominc.com
800-423-2594
Key Products: Fiber optic components, including FTTH
actives and passives, fber optic cable, transmitters,
receivers, amplifers, nodes, attenuators, enclosures,
splitters, fusion splicers and tools
Summary: Headquartered in Orlando, Fla., since 1982,
Multicom is a full-line stocking distributor and manufacturer
of products used for end-to-end integration of voice, data
and video over fber, coax and copper. Te company has a
multimillion-dollar inventory of more than 13,000 products
from more than 270 of the worlds major manufacturers
and provides all active and passive components required for
complete FTTH end-to-end solutions. Multicoms GPON
Everything Included video-data-voice-Wi-Fi solution and
fber optic product line makes deploying future-proof GPON
networks easy and afordable. Multicom also sells retail and
wholesale VoIP services through its Mconnect subsidiary as
well as a complete HDTV hospitality solution that includes
a 24/7 active monitoring and issue resolution application
accessible from a smartphone. Multicom maintains sales ofces,
rep agencies and subdistributors throughout the Americas.
Multilink
www.gomultilink.com
440-366-6966
Key Products: Fiber distribution and cable management
solutions, connectors, splice enclosures and cabinets;
MDU enclosures; raceway and pathway solutions
Summary: Multilink, founded in 1983, is a manufacturer
of telecommunications network components that expanded
to become a worldwide supplier and integrator of end-toend solutions as it focused its new product development on
fber opticbased solutions. Multilinks customers include
independent telcos, RBOCs, utilities, local-area network
providers and CATV MSOs. Its products are designed to
meet the needs of both legacy plant and new technology
applications. Based in Elyria, Ohio, Multilink is privately
owned and has 200 employees.
NEO Fiber
www.NEOfber.net
970-309-3500
Key Products: Consulting, design and engineering services
for middle-mile and FTTH networks
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On Trac Inc.
www.ontracinc.net
423-317-0009
Key Products: FTTH splicing, FTTH residential and
commercial installation, mainline fber splicing, MDU
network design and installation, structured cabling,
consulting, project management, warehousing, back-ofce
structure
Summary: Based in eastern Tennessee, On Trac provides
telecommunications services and special projects to network
operators nationwide. Core services include FTTH splicing
and FTTH installation. Additional services include consulting;
project management; training, service and repair; materials
DISTRIBUTORS OF FIBER
OPTIC PRODUCTS
COMPANY NAME
WEB ADDRESS
Advanced Media Technologies
www.amt.com
Anixter
www.anixter.com
Communications
Supply Corporation
www.gocsc.com
Fiber Instrument
Sales
www.fberinstrumentsales.com
FiberOptic.com
www.fberoptic.com
Graybar
www.graybar.com
KGP Logistics
www.kgplogistics.com
Metrotek
www.metrotek.com
Multicom
www.multicominc.com
Pace International
www.paceintl.com
Power & Tel
www.ptsupply.com
TVC Communications
www.tvcinc.com
Walker and Associates
www.walkerfrst.com
management and warehousing; scheduling processes and backofce structure. Clients include municipal network operators
as well as cooperatives. On Trac serves ongoing FTTH
deployments by Auburn Essential Services, Bristol Tennessee
Essential Services, Erwin Utilities, GVTC, BVU Authority,
Clarksville Department of Electricity, Dalton Utilities, LUS
Fiber and Google Fiber. To date, On Trac has connected more
than 175,000 FTTH installations, performing outside-plant
work that includes aerial drops, underground drops, mainline
fber splicing and bidirectional testing.
OneCommunity
www.onecommunity.org
216-923-2200
Key Products: Fiber optic connectivity for anchor institutions
and enterprises
Summary: Te nonproft organization OneCommunity,
founded in 2003 as OneCleveland, builds and operates a
state-of-the-art fber optic network that connects Northeast
Ohios universities, schools, hospitals, cultural institutions,
social service organizations and government agencies. Te
OneCommunity network was in many ways the prototype
for the BTOP model of an open-access, middle-mile network
connecting anchor institutions. Te network now covers more
than 2,400 route miles, connecting some 1,800 facilities
and organizations in 23 counties. In 2014, OneCommunity
launched Everstream, a for-proft subsidiary that serves
the high-speed networking needs of enterprise businesses
throughout Northeast Ohio. Also in 2014, OneCommunity,
along with the city of Cleveland, began installing the nations
frst commercially available metropolitan 100 gigabit network
through Clevelands Health-Tech Corridor to University
Circle a project funded by the Economic Development
Administration, the city of Cleveland and OneCommunity.
Trough the Big Gig Challenge Grant program,
OneCommunity makes matching funds available to help
support fber network construction for economic development
in Northeast Ohio.
Pace PLC / Aurora Networks
www.pace.com/americas
www.aurora.com
561-995-6000
Key Products: FTTH and cable network equipment, home
media servers, set-top boxes, customer-premises equipment
for fber, Ethernet, xDSL and cable networks
Summary: More than 200 cable and telco TV providers
(and eight of the top 10) choose Pace for customer-premises
equipment for digital TV and broadband solutions. Over
the past 30 years, Pace has become the global market leader
in set-top boxes and is No. 1 for U.S. residential gateways.
Pace gateways are available for a variety of broadband
infrastructures, including ADSL, VDSL, cable and FTTH.
Te companys open gateway software can be integrated
into multiple gateway designs and used across networks to
standardize the application layer. In 2014, Pace acquired
Aurora Networks and now ofers optical access solutions for
cable operators, including headend-based and node PON
solutions. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, Pace, with
more than 2,000 employees worldwide, also has ofces in
the United States, France, India, Australia and South Africa.
Revenue in 2014 was more than $2.6 billion, of which almost
60 percent came from North America.
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Prysmian Group
www.prysmiangroup.com
803-951-4800; 800-713-5312
Key Products: Optical fber and telecommunications cables
Summary: Prysmian Group is the worlds largest cable
solutions provider. Te company operates through two global
brands: Prysmian and Draka. With 130 years of history,
Prysmian Group has subsidiaries in 50 countries, 89 plants,
17 R&D centers and more than 19,000 employees. In North
America, Prysmian Group has deployed more than 80 million
fber miles. Its product portfolio includes optical fber cable,
composite 4G cable, FTTx solutions and premises/data cables.
Prysmian ofers two compact solutions for FTTH. Mini
FlexTube cables are optimized for mid-span access with superfexible 1.3mm tubes that can be removed without tools.
LT2.0 cable ofers the smallest, most fexible conventional
bufer tubes in the market, with bend-insensitive fber as
a standard feature. Prysmian Group also ofers ADSS and
OPGW cables for FTTH and middle-mile builders that have
access to electrical utility poles or transmission infrastructure.
In 2014, Prysmians sales reached more than $7 billion.
Pulse Broadband
www.pulsebroadband.net
314-324-7347
Key Products: Fiber network and FTTH planning, design,
construction management, provisioning, billing, customer
care, video programming services and operations
management
Summary: Pulse Broadband helps electric cooperatives,
municipalities and other organizations build and operate
gigabit fber networks to deliver high-speed broadband to
their constituents. Pulse helps clients determine which type of
and distributes more than 1,000 fber optic products for the
telecom and datacom industries. Its Intelligent Building
Solution facilitates the distribution of advanced, highbandwidth services, such as HDTV and telemedicine,
within commercial buildings, multifamily buildings, hotels,
hospitals and educational institutions. Founded in 1997 and
headquartered in Boston, SENKO Advanced Components
is a subsidiary of SENKO Group in Japan. It has 1,500
employees and is privately held.
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Sonic
www.sonic.net
888-766-4233
Key Products: Gigabit fber and DSL Internet access,
residential and business voice service, co-location, business
networking
Summary: Sonic, based in Santa Rosa, Calif., was founded
in 1994 as an Internet service provider and was one of the
frst ISPs to bring DSL access to the California wine country.
Because of its reliable, inexpensive connectivity and excellent
customer service as well as its commitment to transparency
and user privacy, which was recognized by the Electronic
Frontier Foundation Sonic survived an era during which
most independent ISPs collapsed. In addition to serving tens of
thousands of residential customers, Sonic provides customized
Internet and phone solutions to many top companies, including
the Golden State Warriors and Oracle Arena, Uber, Minted,
Amys Kitchen and others. In 2010, Google chose Sonic to
manage its beta FTTH network in Stanford University
faculty housing. When Sonic began deploying FTTH
technology, it prioritized its buildout in neighborhoods where
it already had high demand for its advanced DSL service and
could deploy relatively inexpensively. Te company quickly
won acclaim for ofering gigabit fber Internet service for $70
per month (now down to $40) a price-performance ratio
unheard of elsewhere in the United States. Both its demanddriven rollout strategy and its pricing then set the standard
nationwide for gigabit fber networks. Currently, Sonic
provides gigabit fber Internet and phone service to residents
in Sebastopol, Calif., and Brentwood, Calif., as well as gigabit
fber Internet and cloud phone service to businesses in the
Northpoint Business Park, the Airport Business Park and
the Petaluma Redwood Business Park in the North Bay area.
Te company is continuing to build gigabit fber Internet in
residential and business areas in the North Bay and East Bay.
Superior Essex
www.SuperiorEssex.com
770-657-6000
Key Products: Premises and outside-plant fber and copper
cable products, FTTH enclosures
Summary: Superior Essex designs, manufactures and
supplies a large selection of premises and outside-plant fber
optic and copper wire and cable products. Te company
supplies many of the largest telecommunications service
providers, and its cable products are installed in thousands
of enterprises around the globe. It recently introduced a line
of cables for distributed antenna systems; FTTH closures,
including fber distribution hubs; and redesigned families
of fber dome closures. In 2013, Superior Essex announced
a co-development and marketing alliance with Legrand to
create a suite of structured cabling systems, nCompass, which
provides solutions to the challenges of technical support,
network energy efciency, reliability and fexibility. Other
recently introduced products include the reduced-diameter
10Gain XP category 6A unshielded twisted pair cable, the
low-voltage 600V power cable, and a new hybrid cable, which
combines copper conductors for power with optical fber.
Superior Essex is headquartered in Atlanta and has more than
3,000 employees. Its state-of-the-art product development
center is in Kennesaw, Ga., and it has manufacturing facilities
in Brownwood, Texas; Tarboro, N.C.; and Hoisington, Kan.
Suttle
www.suttlesolutions.com
800-852-8662
Key Products: Fiber enclosure systems for OSP, MDUs and
building entrances; home networking solutions; structured
wiring media panel enclosures and modules; high-speed
panels and frames
Summary: Suttle specializes in connectivity solutions for
communications service providers, meeting network needs
from central ofces all the way into customer premises. In the
last several years, Suttle has focused on innovating solutions
for gigabit broadband deployments. Suttles newest brands
are FutureLink and MediaMAX. FutureLink provides highquality, medium-agnostic connectivity for high-speed OSP
and premises applications. MediaMAX premises distribution
systems are designed to meet the demand for wired and
wireless high-speed triple play connectivity throughout homes
and small ofces and to optimize the installation cost for
gigabit services. Suttles products are designed to comply with
the most stringent industry standards. Quality management
systems are ISO 9001 and TL9000 certifed. Headquartered
in Hector, Minn., Suttle was founded in 1910 and is now a
subsidiary of Communications Systems Inc. Revenue for 2014
was $67 million.
TE Connectivity
www.te.com
610-893-9800
JULY 2015
Team Fishel
www.teamfshel.com
614-274-8100; 800-347-4351
Key Products: Network design, engineering, construction,
installation and maintenance services
Summary: Established in 1936, Team Fishel has 1,850
teammates and 37 ofces in 13 states across the country. Te
company specializes in designing and constructing last-mile
fber optic networks for broadband service providers. Its fber
specialists have more than 35 years of experience building
fber networks to the home and business. Team Fishel
has the technical resources to design broadband network
infrastructures from initial planning stages all the way
through construction, installation and system maintenance.
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Telect
www.telect.com
509-926-6000; 800-551-4567
Tucows / Ting
www.ting.com/internet
855-846-4389
US Ignite
www.us-ignite.org
202-365-9219
Key Products: Fostering the development, testing, and
deployment of transformative applications for nextgeneration networks
Summary: US Ignite spurs the development of nextgeneration broadband applications novel applications and
digital experiences that promise to transform health care,
energy, education, transportation, public safety and advanced
manufacturing. Te initiative makes use of advanced
technologies developed by researchers, entrepreneurs and US
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Fiber For The New Economy
Verizon Communications /
Verizon Enhanced Communities
www.verizon.com/www.verizon.com/communities
Key Products: FiOS TV, Internet and Digital Voice; FiOS
Quantum Internet and FiOS Quantum TV
Summary: Verizon delivers broadband and other
communications services to consumer, business, government
and wholesale customers. Te largest FTTH provider in
the United States, it provides converged communications,
information and entertainment services over an advanced fber
optic network in the U.S. and delivers integrated business
solutions to customers in more than 150 countries. A Dow
30 company with more than $127 billion in 2014 revenues
(30 percent from wireline services), Verizon employs a diverse
workforce of 177,300 worldwide. Te Verizon FiOS network
now passes more than 20 million homes, and, according to
RVA LLC, FiOS served more than half of all U.S. FTTH
subscribers in 2014. FiOS Quantum Internet ofers connection
JULY 2015
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Service Zones
Delivering successful network deployments
617.274.8171 | www.cossystems.com/service-zones
JULY 2015
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OPINION
Connecting Cambridge
Why doesnt Cambridge, Mass., have a next-generation network?
By Saul Tannenbaum / Cambridge Broadband Task Force
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THE LAW
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THE LAW
The FCC recommends that
CAF II recipients construct
future-proof networks.
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Fiber For The New Economy
BROADBAND APPS
Locating workplaces in hubs distributed across metropolitan areas yields benefts of many types..
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BROADBAND APPS
On any given day, fewer than 3 million of the
120 million daily commuters in the United
States are working remotely. Home ofces and
telework centers dont work for most people.
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Federal, state and local government agencies,
as well as government contractors, law frms,
insurance companies and call centers, would be
good candidates for distributed work.
CONCLUSION
Now is the time for communities to
seize the opportunity to efectively use
broadband technologies to increase
their competitiveness and sustainability.
Assessing the geographic distribution of
a regions knowledge-based workforce
and major area employers is a frst step;
another is identifying key chokepoints
that could beneft from reduction of
trafc congestion. Communities with
a federal employment presence have a
particularly good opportunity to work
with their congressional delegations
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TECHNOLOGY
Figure 1: (a) InvisiLight installation map example; (b) InvisiLight installation examples
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TECHNOLOGY
continuous adhesive bead to confne and
protect the fber. Many service providers
have determined this to be the optimum
approach for many subscribers.
A SIMPLE INSTALLATION
PROCESS
Te installation process is simple and
intuitive. First, an installer places a small
module, called a spool module, near the
desired ONT location usually close to
a power outlet. Te installer then presses
a small spool of factory-terminated EZBend 900 micron bufered fber onto an
axle in the spool module and pulls one
of the connectors to spool out enough
fber to reach another small module
placed where fber enters the living unit.
Te spool module includes auto slack
management so one spool part number
can support fber lengths up to 132 feet.
Next, the installer lays a safe,
water-based adhesive bead along the
pathway and presses the fber into
the adhesive so its fully secured and
protected along its entire length. Te
spool module is then connected into
an ONT, which is usually paired with
a wireless router or a set-top box. Te
adhesive dries clear within 30 minutes
without leaving any stains. Te optical
fber itself is tiny (less than 1 mm in
diameter) and blends into the dcor as
it is nearly invisible to the human eye.
It can be painted or caulked over if the
subscriber chooses to do so.
Tis simple process can place
fber deep into a living unit without
disrupting the dcor or the resident
and is very quick for installers. Because
installation requires only simple skills,
service providers have fexibility in
utilizing an existing workforce or
outsourcing, and they can minimize
training costs by adopting the intuitive
process shown in Figure 2, which
installers easily learn by watching a
training video.
COMPARISON OF INDOOR
SOLUTIONS
OFS introduced the InvisiLight solution
in 2012 after considering many diferent
possibilities for installing optical fber
inside living units. InvisiLight does not
require electrical power or batteries, it
uses a reliable adhesive system and it has
South Africa report that their lowskilled installers can be quickly trained
to complete an installation in about 30
minutes or less, depending upon the
size and type of living unit.
Fiber-connected subscribers are
forecast to increase to 600 million in 10
years, and indoor ONTs are becoming
the norm. Now there is a simple,
accepted, virtually invisible, robust
solution available to connect these users
to gigabit speeds.
Te installation is amazing. I
cannot even see it, exclaimed the
ATTRIBUTES
INVISILIGHT
SOLUTION
TAPE SOLUTION
THERMAL
SOLUTION
TAPE CLIP/ADHESIVE
SOLUTION
Year Introduced
2012
2010
2014
2013
0.9 mm
Negligible
8 mm
Signifcant
0.9 mm
Negligible
0.9 mm
Negligible
Fiber Attachment
Precoated, feld-heated
adhesive along entire length
Facilitates passing
through or behind walls
Yes
No
No
No
Power required
No
No
No
Installation time
1X
2X
1.3X
1X
Repositionable
Yes
Not recommended
Yes
Yes
2.5 mm
5 mm
5 mm
5 mm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Tools and
Attachment Process
No requires feld-mounted
connector or fusion splice and
associated precision tooling
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Project Initiatives Manager
913.663.1900
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AT&T
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89
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BHC Rhodes
94
www.ibhc.com
www.bv.com/telecom
Calix
31
www.calix.com/gigabit
49, 94
www.seeclearfeld.com
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Corning
61
http://opcomm.corning.com/
CentrixBuzz
COS Systems
74
www.cossystems.com/
service-zones
Clearfeld, Inc.
Cox
www.cox.com
DrayTek
91
www.draytek.com
17
www.etisoftware.com
Fiberdyne
75
www.fberdyne.com
GLDS
27
www.glds.com
47
www.henkels.com
Hotwire Communications
25
www.hotwire
communications.com
65
www.liteaccess.com
Mapcom
www.mapcom.com
MasTec
88
www.mastec.com
www.matrixdg.com /
www.millenniuminc.com
OFS
13
www.ofsoptics.com
On Trac
51
www.ontrac.com
Pavlov Media
www.pavlovmedia.com
33
www.preformed.com
94
www.ptsupply.com
Smithville Fiber
59
www.smithville.com
83
www.walkerfrst.com
71
www.wideopennetworks.us
Millennium Inc.
JULY 2015
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JUNE
29 July 1
FTTH Connect
Anaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, CA
202-367-1173 www.ftthconnect.org
JULY
20 22
mHealth + Telehealth World
Seaport Hotel Boston, MA
800-767-9499
www.worldcongress.com/mHealth
SEPTEMBER
15 17
Community Fiber Networks
BroadBand Communities Economic
Development Conference
Hilton Lexington/Downtown
Lexington, KY
877-588-1649 www.bbcmag.com
28 30
NMHC Student Housing
Conference & Exposition
Arizona Biltmore Phoenix, AZ
202-974-2300 www.nmhc.org
29 Oct 1
ECOC 2015
European Conference on
Optical Communication
Valencia, Spain
+ 33 (0) 169 81 6574
www.ecoc2015.org
OCTOBER
13 16
SCTE Cable-Tec Expo
New Orleans, LA
800-542-5040 www.expo.scte.org
NOVEMBER
17 19
NMHC OpTech
Hyatt Regency Chicago, IL
703-518-6141 www.naahq.org
FEBRUARY 2016
16 17
NAA Student Housing
Conference & Exposition
Hilton San Diego Bayfront
San Diego, CA
202-974-2300 www.nmhc.org
APRIL 2016
57
BroadBand Communities Summit
Renaissance Hotel Austin, TX
877-588-1649 www.bbcmag.com
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Conference Series
The FTTH Councils Community Toolkit
helps cities get a jump-start on the
gigabit highway. Dont miss the
Community Toolkit Program in
Lexington, September 16 and 17.