DRAFT A First Look at 1 Gbps Fiber-ToThe-Home Traffic

Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) networks are on the cusp of bringing significantly higher capacities to residential users compared to today’s commercial broadband options. While fiber is available to some consumers now, the capacities offered commercially represent an incremental bump over more traditional DSL and cable options. However, a number of high capacity experimental FTTH networks have recently become operational. In this paper we aim to explore how users employ such high capacity in a residential setting by monitoring a neighborhood within an operational FTTH network that provides bi-directional 1 Gbps links to each house for nearly two years.

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