Fiber technology is unique because it can carry massive amounts of digital information, called data, over long distances without degradation, and at the speed of light.  Copper can also deliver high data rates, but only for a few hundred yards, after which the signal begins to degrade, and the data rate declines.  Fiber is fast becoming a necessity, not a luxury.  In large part, its importance comes from the speed it offers.

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Connecting homes directly to fiber optic cables instead of copper and coaxial cables or wireless solutions enable homes to receive a wider range of products and services.  Typical "triple-play" services, ones that offer telephone, traditional set-top box television, and internet services in a bundled (and typically expensive) package, are largely being rendered obsolete with the advent of fast, low-latency FTTH services.  Envision your light-speed fiber connection as a pipeline to the content and services you want. You can ditch the bloated, 400-channel television package and instead subscribe to ad-free, on-demand streaming services for all your television and movies at a small fraction of the cost. If you need a landline phone service, there are internet-based options for that as well-they connect directly to the back of your router.

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You can be sure the leap into the next-generation internet will inspire further innovations that we cannot even imagine at this point - just look at what the past few years have brought.