The Application of AT&T's Fiber-To-The-Home System (NOT PUBLISHED)

The last roadblock to unlimited bandwidth service to the customer has fallen with the introduction of fiber cables into the distribution plant. AT&T's Fiber-To-The-Home system, which first went into residential service in New Jersey Bell in August 1988, is based on the SLC(R) Series 5 Digital Loop Carrier System. The architecture of this system has been extended from a fiber-feeder-only system to include fiber distribution cable and fiber drop cable in the distribution plant. Immediately following the first cutover, three other SLC Series 5 Fiber-To-The-Home systems in Southwestern Bell, South Central Bell and CONTEL o California were turned up and placed into service before the end of 1988.