The evolution of fixed access networks in Belgium: the road to Fibre to the Home, an economic assessment.

An optical fibre based access network offers of all available technologies by far the highest speed and can support an unlimited set of services. Its capacity outperforms that of the other fixed networks, but the costs associated with the rollout of an all-optical access network still remain challenging. This paper evaluates the feasibility of an optical access network covering the Belgian market. Several rollout scenarios have been evaluated and the most interesting results are presented.