GPON: A Big Technology at 2010 FTTH Conference

Congratulations to Ken Wagner of Heberly & Associates. Ken was the winner of the iPod Touch at the 2010 FTTH Conference and Expo. In the photo, CCI’s Frank Williams presents Ken with the iPod Touch.

At the industry event, visitors to the CCI booth were able to fill out a quick survey, asking them what FTTH technologies they are using or are planning to use, in order to register to win the iPod Touch.

According to the survey respondents, nearly 65% said they were using GPON. This is not a surprise. CCI asked the same question at several industry events throughout the country this past year: GPON was the highest selected FTTH technology at most of those tradeshows.

GPON leverages PON technology's reduced costs, while also providing the highest bandwidth, reaching to 1.25 Gbps upstream and 2.5 Gbps downstream. The bandwidth GPON provides will future proof a network, as CED Magazine projects the amount of bandwidth needed per home in the next 2-3 years to be somewhere between 59-85 Mbps.

To get more survey results from the industry events CCI attends, follow this blog.