High speed broadband to help improve environment

A recent study found that fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) technology will provide significant environmental benefits, just six years after being deployed.

The study, commissioned by the Fiber-to-the-Home Council based its findings on similar lifestyle studies used in other industries. With FTTH Internet connections, people will be more likely to telecommute, which saves gasoline and in turn helps the environment.

The methodology predicts that by 2010, with predictable bandwidth improvements, 10 percent of the working population with FTTH service will telecommute 3 days a week on average.

The report says:

With the assumption of a future low-carbon economy and increased environmental regulation, FTTH solutions are a key sustainable utility driver.

The study focused solely on the environment, consciously ignoring the potential social and economic benefits that fiber-driven next-generation broadband can provide.

Study shows fibre-to-the-home is a green technology (fibresystems.org)
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