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What is it?
Prior to Fiber-to-the-Home, communication services (Telephone, Cable, and Internet) came into the customer’s home all on separate wires. Fiber Optics eliminates the need for all 3 wires (and their bulky boxes on the side of your home) and replaces the clutter one singular wire and box.
How does it work?
After a customer has called Citizens and set up an installation appointment, a technician will go to the house and install what is called an ONT (Optical Network Terminal) on the side of the house where the fiber will connect to the customer’s house. Second, the installer will then connect the existing wiring from the house, and connect them into the ONT. The ONT converts the fiber optic signal into the 3 separate services electronically where they communicate with your existing equipment inside your home.
Telephone
FTTH offers crystal clear service. Your same reliable Citizens service through our phone switch will be delivered via fiber optics rather than on copper. This is not Internet Phone service, as the phone works identical to the existing phone system in place. In the event of a power failure, your phone will function normally for up to 8 hours of talk time.
However, it does need to be plugged into a power source during normal power conditions unlike your existing service. You should be aware of this and the technicians will need a readily available power source to plug into during the installation process*
Cable
FTTH has a larger capacity for Television Channels. Thus, when we add TV channels or upgrades to premium services, you will immediately enjoy the quality and benefits of those new channels and services. FTTH also provides customer with stronger signal to the residence eliminating some issues with picture quality and increase reliability of Digital Service Television Service when multiple outlets are involved.
Techy Stuff:
An optical fiber (or fibre) is a glass or plastic fiber that carries light along its length. Fiber optics is the overlap of applied science and engineering concerned with the design and application of optical fibers. Optical fibers are widely used in fiber-optic communications, which permits transmission over longer distances and at higher bandwidths (data rates) than other forms of communications. Fibers are used instead of metal wires because signals travel along them with less loss, and they are also immune to electromagnetic interference. Fibers are also used for illumination, and are wrapped in bundles so they can be used to carry images, thus allowing viewing in tight spaces. Specially designed fibers are used for a variety of other applications, including sensors and fiber lasers.
Light is kept in the core of the optical fiber by total internal reflection. This causes the fiber to act as a waveguide. Fibers which support many propagation paths ortransverse modes are called multi-mode fibers (MMF), while those which can only support a single mode are called single-mode fibers (SMF). Multi-mode fibers generally have a larger core diameter, and are used for short-distance communication links and for applications where high power must be transmitted. Single-mode fibers are used for most communication links longer than 550 metres (1,800 ft).
Joining lengths of optical fiber is more complex than joining electrical wire or cable. The ends of the fibers must be carefully cleaved, and then spliced together eithermechanically or by fusing them together with an electric arc. Special connectors are used to make removable connections.
Source: wikipedia.org