and small businesses FTTH (fiber-to-the-home): Fiber reaches the boundary of the living space, such as a box on the outside wall of a home. Passive optical networks and point-to-point Ethernet are architectures that are capable of delivering triple-play services over FTTH networks directly from an operator's central office. Typically providing between 1 and 10 Gbit/s FTTB (fiber-to-the-building, -business, or -basement): Fiber reaches the boundary of the building, such as the basement in a multi-dwelling unit, with the final connection to the individual living space being made via alternative means, similar to the curb or pole technologies FTTD can mean two different things: (fiber-to-the-desktop or -desk): In an office, fiber connection is installed from the main computer room to a desk or fiber media converter near the user's desk (fiber-to-the-door): Fiber reaches outside the flat FTTR can mean two different things: (fiber-to-the-radio): Fiber runs to the transceivers of base stations (fiber-to-the-router): Fiber connection is installed from the router to the ISP's fiber network FTTO (fiber-to-the-office): Fiber connection is installed from the main computer room/core switch to a special mini-switch (called FTTO Switch) located at the user's workstation or service points. This mini-switch provides Ethernet services to end user devices via standard twisted pair patch cords. The switches are decentralised and located all over the building, but managed from one central point FTTF can mean five different things: (fiber-to-the-factory): fiber runs to factory buildings (fiber-to-the-farm): fiber runs to agricultural farms (fiber-to-the-feeder): a synonym of FTTN (fiber-to-the-floor): fiber reaches a junction box at a floor of a building (fiber-to-the-frontage): This is very similar to FTTB. In a fiber to the front yard scenario, each fiber node serves a single subscriber. This allows for multi-gigabit speeds using XG-fast technology. The fiber node may be reverse-powered by the subscriber modem FTTM can mean four different things: (fiber-to-the-machine): In a factory, fiber runs to machines (fiber-to-the-mast): Fiber runs to wireless masts (fiber-to-the-mobile): Fiber runs to base stations (fiber-to-the-multi-dwelling-unit): FTTP to apartment buildings FTTT can mean two different things: (fiber-to-the-terminal): In an office, fiber runs to desktop equipment (fiber-to-the-tower): Fiber reaches base stations FTTW (fiber-to-the-wall or -workgroup): In an office, fiber runs to small switches near a group of users FTTA can mean two different things: (fiber-to-the-amplifier): Fiber runs to street cabinets (fiber-to-the-antenna): Fiber runs up antenna towers FTTCS (fiber-to-the-cell-site): fiber reaches the base station site FTTE / FTTZ (fiber-to-the-telecom-enclosure or fiber-to-the-zone): is a form of structured