Loop fiber access in BellSouth

Abstract

BellSouth has been actively placing fiber optics in the outside plant since 1980 at the rate of about 100 megameters per year. The author discusses the services that are planned and the loop fiber projects that are in progress. Service offerings will initially be limited due to the slow pace of customer acceptance and the evolving state of technology. However, it is expected that once the new services are available on a broad scale, usage and costs will go down and the availability of even newer services will increase.<>