Monday 23 March 2020

What are the main advantages of fiber?

Fiber is particularly appreciated for both "technical" and "usage" reasons.

On the technical side , fiber allows much higher data rates than ADSL technology and can transport data over very long distances almost without undergoing signal attenuation. In contrast to copper, the fiber is insensitive to electromagnetic interference, which is a guarantee of quality, and allows symmetrical speeds, which ADSL does not allow.

In terms of uses , the deployment of fiber has serious advantages to assert in order to attract more than one Internet user. On the one hand, it makes ultra-fast access to the Internet possible. The speeds achieved allow for example to download a film in unrivaled time. On the other hand, it offers to several users of the same connected home the possibility of making simultaneous use (surfing the Web, telephoning, watching TV in HD) triple or quadruple play offers without constraint linked to the sharing of speeds . Finally, it opens the way to new and ever more innovative technologies, such as receiving audiovisual streams in 3 dimensions.
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Why is it so expensive to deploy fiber?
The cost of deploying fiber optics in France is the counterpart to that of 4G for telecoms. These two technologies are particularly heavy investment positions for operators who bear the burden. The main reason for this cost is the construction of a network from scratch .

Unable to use the conventional copper network, the deployment of fiber on the national territory up to the connection of the loop among end users represents expensive investments. Both in terms of technology and roads, operators cannot rely on any pre-existing infrastructure.

Although the estimate of the final amount of the invoice varies, ARCEP had quantified "the complete coverage of French territory in FTTH at around 21 billion over 15 years  ", at the end of 2011. An estimate considered "low" among operators, which rather bet on double.

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