Single-Mode Media and Apparatus for Fiber-to-the-Home

Information Age technology has begun to appear in homes across the U.S. as several local exchange carriers, working closely with AT&T and other vendors, have begun placing fiber to residences in preselected upscale communities. AT&T has developed a complete line of single-mode fiber cables, splices, connectors, and closures to provide the media support for an all-fiber loop. The architecture used in current fiber-to-the-home applications is much like the architecture used in copper distribution. High fiber count backbone cables are spliced to lower fiber count laterals that branch out to the residences. Services drop cables are spliced in at subscriber property lines.