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 The rush to implement fiber-to-the-home placed efforts to wire up the last 100 yards was on the back burner; now with FTTx, exploding installers nationwide are trying to come up with faster ways to get it done. Customers have to make an economic decision for their in-home wiring: use their existing coax linkups, or new fiber cable? Installers need to wire up in half the time if providers are to serve the 30 million homes asking for advanced broadband and entertainment services and to meet their 2010 target. No two homes are alike, so national protocols are hard to apply. How would you take advantage of FTTx?
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