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FTTH Communities Top 650

Fiber-to-the-home technology is available in 652 communities connecting 322,700 homes, according to research released at the FTTH Conference in Las Vegas. That�s triple the number of communities and more than double the number of homes reported in September 2004: 217 towns and 146,500 connected homes.

Those figures should only increase as Verizon Communications Inc. continues its FiOS buildouts. The report was released by the Fiber-to-the-Home Council, the Telecommunications Industry Association and Fiber Optic Communities of the United States.

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