Fiber Broadband Articles from the FOA Newsletter April 2025 - The 25th Anniversary of the Dot-Com Boom/Bubble/Bust (and lessons unlearned) March 2025 - (NEWS) Will Fiber Outlive BEAD And AI? Of Course! February 2025 - Satellites for Rural Broadband December 2024 - FOA Has Reached An Amazing Milestone - 100,000 Certified Fiber Optic Technicians. November 2024 - (NEWS) Pennsylvania Broadband Map Provides Useful And Interesting Data October 2024 - (NEWS) Fiber Broadband Doesn't Always Depend On Government Handouts. he Rising Tide Of Community Broadband In The US September 2023 - (NEWS) Middle Mile Finally Gets Proper Attention - BEAD Is Going To Take Forever July 2024 - Broadband Politics in America - Will BEAD Survive? Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) vs Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) June 2024 - The Tech Business Is Complicated (And Driven By Hype) May 2024 - Who/What Is A Fiber Tech? What Is Their Future Looking Like? March 2024 - It's Just Economics (BEAD), How To Define "Underserved" February 2024 - What Is Broaedband? Broadband In Kentucky. December 2023 - Guidelines For Fiber Optic Project Planners, November 2023 - How Many Telecom Techs Do We Really Need? (for BEAD) How Big Is The Fiber Optic Market? October 2023 - A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money BEAD). T.he New BLS "Telecommunications Technicians" Web Page And Its Meaning For The Telecom/Fiber Workforce. July 2023 *- BEAD Funding For The States Announced And Analyzed. What Does A Rural FTTH Connection Cost? What Does Middle Mile Cost? You Will Now Be Recognized As A Telecom Tech. How Many Techs Do We Really Need? What Happens When You Have Lobbyists. June 2023 * - Broadband - Are There More Sensible Approaches? Could US Broadbamd Funding Be Done Better? Another Skirmish In The "Pole Wars." What Does The Middle MIle Cost? April 2023 - What Do Employers Expect From Fiber Techs? (Feedback from Maine broadband office) February 2023 - Upgrading GPON To 10G. Test PONs with OTDRs. DIY FTTH - LCS FiberCom January 2023 - Census Bureau Changes Definition of Urban And Rural. November 2022 - Why Fiber Broadband? Understanding Apprenticeships. October 2022 Wireless/Satellite, Broadband Saturation. FOA Fiber Broadband Book. Can Wireless Compete With Fiber? Satellites As A Wireless Alternative. Looking Beyond BEAD - The Boradband Market After Saturation. September 2022 Does the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) truly benefit people in rural America? Workforce Development Requires A Cooperative Effort. FCC Pulls RDOF Funding From Space Starlink And LTD Broadband August 2022 Many More IIJA Infrastructure Projects Besides Broadband Will Need Fiber. Understanding The Fiber Optic Workforce July 2022 Why Stop At Gigabits? Let's Design Fiber Networks For Terabits - It's The Future! Governor Announces Broadband Expansion For Kentucky. NTIA NOFO - ONLY Certified Techs Need Apply Jume 2022 - DIY FTTH Has Become The Norm Example Of Rural Broadband Confirms FOA Article. NTIA NOFO - ONLY FTTH Projects Need Apply April 2022 - Thinking About A Fiber Optic Projecct? Better Get Started Soon, Broadband Funding Information from NTIA. March 2022 Is Rural Only Farms? Using Fiber ALready There. FTTH and Rural Broadband Resources From FOA February 2022 Helping Make Rural Broadband Possible - Grwoing the Fiber Optic Workforce - FOA Technical/Educational Materials For Those Planning Rural Broadband January 2022 *- Billions For Broadband In the US (But Don't Hold Your Breath) - CA Middle Mile Projects November/December 2021 - Fiber To The Village in Nepal, $Billions For Broadband In US (But don't hold your breath!) August, 2021 - Rural FTTH Special Issue July 2021 - Broadband Internet in California, California Broadband Council report June 2021 - FTTH Special Issue - FTTH Tech Update - DIY FTTH April 2021 - Biden's Plan To Fix America's Internet, As telecoms spend billions on wireless,, where does that leave the wired? March 2021 - Fiber For Rural Broadband - "solutions" Raise Issues - Can Tapping Fiber Reduce Cost? How Many Fibers? Optimal cable Size. February 2021 - Things To Learn From A Town That Voted Down Fiber June 2020 - THe Role Of Cooperatives In Connecting Rural America February 2020 - The 2020s Will Connect Rural America - Or Lose It" Title of an article in Fortune Magazine in January 2020 by Beth Ford, President and CEO of Land O'Lakes (yes the butter people!) FOA FTTH And Fiber Broadband ResourcesNote: Most of the material in the links below assumes the reader has a general knowledge of fiber optics and fiber optic networks. If you need some background, we recommend you start with these self-study courses at Fiber U, FOA's free online learning site.Introduction To Fiber Optics In Communications Basic Fiber Optics FTTx - Fiber To The Home, etc. FOA page on workforce development FOA's page on broadband resources. FOA also has a page devoted to rural broadband and its unique requirements and a page on Fiber Broadband FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions. If you are concerned or involved with workforce development, this FOA page on workforce development can help you understand the fiber optic workforce. Fiber Broadband - Popular With Broadband Planners
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Fiber To The Home FOA's FTTH Handbook: We've gathered all our information on FTTH from the FOA Guide and past issues of the FOA Newsletter and edited it into a 112 page "FTTH Handbook." We even added new sections on planning, designing and managing FTTH Projects. An entire chapter is devoted to DIY (do-it-yourself) FTTH projects in rural areas. English and Spanish editions. The Fiber Optic Association Fiber To The Home Handbook is available from Amazon in print and Kindle editions. La Asociación de Fibra Óptica Manual de Fibra Hasta el Hogar : Para Planificadores, Gestores, Diseñadores, Instaladores y Operadores De FTTH Amazon  The FOA Guide is FOA's extensive knowledge base on fiber optics, with almost 1,000 pages of technical information. It's written by FOA's worldwide network of technical advisors and is non-commercial, just reliable technical information from experienced fiber techs, many of whom are teaching the subject. Here are some topics related to broadband: FTTH (Fiber To The Home) Fiber
to the home (FTTH) Overview,
FTTH Introduction, FTTH Architectures, FTTH in MDUs, FTTH PON Standards, Specifications and Protocols, FTTH
Network Design
FTTH Installation FTTH Customer Premises Installation FTTH Testing , FTTH Case Studies: Do-It-Yourself FTTH There is also a section on Fiber For Wireless Networks. that covers both cellular and WiFi networks.  Fiber U is FOA's Free Online Learning Site, with over two dozen free self-study courses starting with the Basics of Fiber Optics and including a number of courses on technical skills and applications of fiber optics. Free Online "FTTH" Course on Fiber U Free Online "Fiber For Wireless" Course on Fiber U  Take the Fiber U FTTH course and Certificate Test FREE Fiber U self-study courses themselves have always been free, but we have charged for the Fiber U Certificate of Completion test which uses an online testing service. So everyone can take advantage of all the new and updated FTTH materials we've created, FOA will offer the testing for the Fiber U Certificate of Completion for the Fiber U FTTx self-study course free to everyone completing the course. Tell your employees, customers, everybody! Designing FTTH Networks? If you are involved in the design of FTTH networks but new to fiber optics, start with the Fiber U Fiber Optic Network Design course then take the Fiber U FTTx self-study course.  FOA Videos On YouTube FOA has a YouTube channel with over 100 videos on fiber optics, including 70+ lectures and many technical instructional videos. Including are these videos on Fiber Optics: FOA's YouTube Channel: Lecture 25: FTTx - Fiber To The Home, Premises, Curb, Business, etc.(Overview) Lecture 70 Rural Broadband- Obstacles and Opportunities
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