FTTH / FTTP

Fiber-to-the-home broadband connections, or FTTH broadband connections, refer to fiber optic cable connections for individual residences. Such optics-based systems can deliver a multitude of digital information -- telephone, video, data, et cetera -- more efficiently than traditional copper coaxial cable for about the same price. FTTH premises depend on both active and passive optical networks to function.

Fiber to the home (FTTH) and fiber to the building (FTTB) are sometimes combined within the term fiber to the premise (FTTP).

Fiber-to-the-home is a method of providing vastly higher bandwidth to consumers, and thereby enabling more robust video, internet and voice services.