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BROADBAND COMMUNITIES
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JULY 2014
Leaders and innovators in the fber-to-the-home arena for 2014
A BBC Staf Report
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roadband Communities' annual
FTTH Top 100 list celebrates
organizations for their contributions to
"Building a Fiber-Connected World."
Connecting the world with fber requires
a complex ecosystem, and one of the goals in
constructing this list is to represent as many
niches in that ecosystem as possible. Obviously,
the frst component of a fber-connected world
is optical fber, and the second is connections –
not only physical connectors but also enclosures,
fber terminals, distribution hubs, ducts and
the hundreds of other devices that protect and
connect fbers.
Sending and receiving signals over
fber requires electronic devices – optical
line terminals, optical network terminals,
aggregation switches, residential gateways and
so forth – and devices to test fber. Software
is needed to set up and manage fber optic
networks and to provision and bill fber services.
Te "building" part of building a fber-
connected world requires frms that plan,
design, engineer, construct and install fber
optic networks, as well as equipment for
digging, pushing, pulling and attaching fber.
Network owners – large and small, private
and public, incumbent and competitive – are
responsible for deciding what and where to
build, investing in networks, operating them
and delivering services.
In addition, the list includes several
nonprofts that help communities become
educated about broadband and work efectively
with potential providers, as well as one public-
private partnership (US Ignite) that fosters
development of new applications that will drive
demand for FTTH networks.
Tis year's list includes one new category –
fnance. Financing fber to the home is often
a challenge, even for a proftable network.
Wall Street demands more rapid return on
investment than FTTH can deliver, bank
ORGANIZATIONS APPEARING ON THE FTTH
TOP 100 LIST FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2014
BHC Rhodes www.ibhc.com
Black & Veatch www.bv.com
C Spire/C Spire Fiber www.cspire.com/fberhome
CCG www.ccgcomm.com
Dasan Networks USA www.dasannetworksus.com
ECFiber www.ecfber.net
Henkels & McCoy www.henkels.com
Inteleconnect www.inteleconnect.com
Macquarie Group www.macquarie.com
Magellan Advisors www.magellan-advisors.com
MaxCell www.maxcellinnerduct.com
Samsung Fiber Optics www.samsung.com/global/
business/fberoptics