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EPON — An All Fiber Access Network

By Steven Harris – The focus of the rest of the article is how Ethernet is transforming the access network providing our cable subscribers connectivity via a passive optical network (PON) that uses IEEE Ethernet frames. PONs that use the Ethernet protocol are called Ethernet passive optical networks or EPONs.

Fiber to the X (FTTx) — NextGen Services at the Speed of Light

By Steven Harris – Optical communication and signaling principles are well over 200 years old. The first optical telegraph, or semaphore, was used to perform visual signaling across France by inventor Claude Chappe. The essential requirement to communicate by individuals has not diminished since these early years in France