<html><head></head><body data-blackberry-caret-color="#00a8df" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: initial;"><div id="BB10_response_div" style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I can only say, as the OP, that I meant it as Fiber to the Home. </div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Uncertain about the other initialisms.</div> <div id="response_div_spacer" style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="display:initial"></div> <div id="_signaturePlaceholder" style="font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network.</div> <table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px;"> <tbody><tr><td id="_persistentHeaderContainer" colspan="2" style="font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div id="_persistentHeader" style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div><b>From: </b>Bob Jonkman</div><div><b>Sent: </b>Monday, October 21, 2013 6:20 PM</div><div><b>To: </b>KWLUG discussion</div><div><b>Reply To: </b>KWLUG discussion</div><div><b>Subject: </b>Re: [kwlug-disc] Wightman Telecom</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div id="_persistentHeaderEnd" style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(186, 188, 209); border-top-width: 1pt; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><br><div id="_originalContent" style="">I need a quick refresher in acronymity:<br><br>FTTH: Fibre to the Home? or Fibre to the Hub?<br><br>FTTN: Fibre to the Node? or Fibre to the Neighbourhood?<br><br>FTTC: Fibre to the Curb?<br><br>...and what is the difference between FTTHub, FTTNode and FTTCurb? Seems<br>to me they all terminate the Fibre in the big brown boxes on the street,<br>depending on copper for the last few hundred metres.<br><br>Is there an acronym for Fibre to the Exchange Building? Is that what<br>Eyesurf.net is using?<br><br>--Bob.<br><br><br><br>On 13-10-21 05:53 PM, zixiekat@gmail.com wrote:<br>> I will have to confirm, but the conversation I had with a coworker who has it in <br>> Listowel, it's fiber right into his house.<br>> <br>> Wightman doesn't use bell or Rogers last mile. They are their own last mile <br>> provider.<br>> <br>> <br>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network.<br>> *From: *Cedric Puddy<br>> *Sent: *Monday, October 21, 2013 4:38 PM<br>> *To: *KWLUG discussion<br>> *Reply To: *KWLUG discussion<br>> *Subject: *Re: [kwlug-disc] Wightman Telecom<br>> <br>> <br>> I'm only using Wightman for business, so in the places that I've brought in <br>> Wightman Fibre, it's been Fibre-the-the-Building.<br>> <br>> I agree though, that most FTTHome initiatives have ended up being <br>> FTTNeighbourhood, but hey, it's still better than Fibre-To-The-CentralOffice <br>> like we've got now :)<br>> <br>> -Cedric<br>> <br>> On 2013-10-21, at 4:29 PM, unsolicited <unsolicited@swiz.ca> wrote:<br>> <br>> > FWIW - friends recently got Bell's FibeTV (long story, apparently continuing <br>> - lightning strike, things blowed up REAL good).<br>> ><br>> > Although one's impression might be it's FTTH, apparently it's actually FTTN. <br>> (Perhaps depends upon the neighbourhood?)<br>> ><br>> > Any reason to believe any Wightman effort would actually be FTTH? Trenching <br>> for such would seem to be a major cost impediment to pricing being disruptive.<br>> ><br>> > Or would it only be a limited rollout, more commercial than residential?<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On 13-10-21 02:32 PM, Cedric Puddy wrote:<br>> >> Wightman is good people (I've worked with them in the past through a<br>> >> subcontract, and also use their services at a bunch offices we<br>> >> support out that way), so them having a presence in town would be of<br>> >> interest.<br>> >><br>> >> Whether they are able to get the access they need to provide FTTH at<br>> >> the sort of disruptive pricing they've accomplished on their home<br>> >> turf is a great question, and if they can, it'll be a great win for<br>> >> the consumers in KW.<br>> >><br>> >> -Cedric<br>> >><br>> >> On 2013-10-21, at 2:26 PM, Colin Mackay<zixiekat@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> >><br>> >>> So apparently Wightman telecom is opening an office in Kitchener.<br>> >>> From a few friends I know in Listowel, they offer FTTH, which<br>> >>> includes internet, TV and phone.<br>> >>><br>> >>> Not sure if this means they'll be rolling it out in K/W anytime<br>> >>> soon (I've emailed them to inquire), but if so, it might be a nice<br>> >>> service. From what I've heard it is rather low latency and<br>> >>> apparently uses the MS IPTV protocol for TV, which works with<br>> >>> MythTV.<br>> >>><br>> >>> Just thought I'd throw that out there.<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>> -Colin<br><br></div></body></html>