From Concept to Connection: Key Considerations for Rural Fiber Projects
January 15th, 2025
1:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM CT / 10:00 AM PT / 6:00 PM GMT
Duration: 1 hour
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Summary
Building a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network in rural environments presents unique challenges that require careful planning and strategic decisions.
Key factors include:
- Cost per subscriber decreases as take rates (customer sign-up rates) increase.
- Planning for future scalability by maximizing fiber count during initial installation can mitigate costly overbuilds later.
- Key variables include customer density, distance from the central office (CO), and anticipated take rates.
Speakers
Noah Taylor
Applications Engineer, FTTx
AFL
Noah Taylor is an applications engineer at AFL, bringing several years of experience to the company. Throughout his tenure, Taylor has held various positions within manufacturing and applications engineering specific to the electric utility industry. He has spent time with electric utilities designing fiber optic cables, supporting the installation of fiber optic cable networks in the field, while also training installers on the use of fiber optic cable and accessories. Currently, he serves as the technical lead for a fiber-to-the-home project with a rural cooperative. Taylor is a certified FTTx Outside Plant Designer and holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University, as well as an MBA from Liberty University.
Sean Buckley
Editor-in-Chief
LIGHTWAVE
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