FTTP Broadband
FTTP provides a dedicated, end-to-end fibre optic connection from the exchange directly to your building. Unlike Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC), which relies on copper for the final leg, our FTTP solution ensures your bandwidth is not affected by distance or shared congestion. This delivers guaranteed speeds, superior stability and enhanced resilience for business-critical operations.
Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) is an end-to-end network architecture that utilises fibre optic cables exclusively to connect from the local exchange directly to a business or residential building, completely bypassing the legacy copper telephone network. This eliminates the bottleneck of copper wiring used in older broadband technologies, such as Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) and ADSL, to deliver data via pulses of light.
How The FTTP Network Functions
A common FTTP architecture is a PON, which uses unpowered optical splitters to divide a single fibre from the exchange to multiple end-users. A splitter can serve between 32 and 128 premises. This passive design reduces complexity and cost by minimising the need for active electronic components.
FTTP often operates on a 1:1 contention ratio, meaning the bandwidth is dedicated and not shared with other users on the network during peak usage times. This ensures consistent speeds and eliminates performance degradation caused by network congestion.
Because data is transferred via light over a direct fibre path, FTTP significantly reduces latency (the time delay between sending and receiving data). This is essential for time-sensitive applications like video conferencing, VoIP and online trading.
Key Components
The FTTP infrastructure consists of several critical elements:
Located at the provider’s exchange, the OLT is the hub that receives data from the wider network. It broadcasts data downstream to all premises on a fibre and aggregates the upstream data from each.
The ONT is the device installed inside the customer’s building that converts the optical signal from the fibre cable into a standard Ethernet signal, which is then connected to a router.
This device acts as the final connection point between the local fibre network and the fibre optic cable that is run to your premises.