Fibre to the Node: Everything You Need to Know
The term FTTN which stands for Fibre to the Node is not new. It has been thrown around a lot. It is the technology leading the NBN rollout, with nearly thousands of nodes being installed around the nation and it is how the people of Australia will get the NBN’s superfast broadband. It is designed to deliver fast data services to your place through a common network box, which is better known as a node. By 2018, it is expected that over 1.6 million businesses, as well as homes, will be receiving their NBN connection via FTTN technology. FTTN is basically all about Nodes. With FTTN, the NBN fibre runs straight to a cabinet, better known as node, in your neighborhood. Then it connects the surrounding premises from the node using the existing copper network. According to NBN’s chief network engineering officer, Peter Ryan, FTTN technology not only enables NBN Co to get premises on to the network quicker but also provides a simple upgrade path. “This is the real be...