What if the requirements and challenges of fiber buildouts are reduced to ensure equitable, reliable, low latency gigabit networking now and multigigabit connectivity later in metro area MDUs and affordable housing complexes? 

Fiber networks
and standards organizations

Network connectivity standard-setting organizations, in addition to the FCC’s 2022 clarified ruling for in-building wiring ownership, provide owners, managers and tenants best-of-breed broadband fiber networking connectivity featuring lower costs, fewer buildout challenges and ultimately metro-area network equity.

Through the implementation of industry standards such as MoCA Access™ from MoCA®, Multimedia over Coax Alliance, plus TR-419 from Broadband Forum, BBF, the challenges and requirements of MTEs and MDUs can be resolved by bringing fiber to the extension point (TR-419 FTTep) and reuse of existing connectivity infrastructure, which includes coaxial TV cabling.

Figure 2:  Before and after rebuild of the 13 MDU boxes, many coax cables cut with boxes unusable. Each box was cleaned, powered, and fully tested.  Fans were installed in each box to accommodate hot Texas summers. 2.5 Gbps to each building on Stoneridge Apartments' property, 40Gbps routing capacity. 1 Gbps fiber network to each of the 256 apartment homes now with additional capacity. 100 Mbps downstream or 10+ devices streaming at one time. (courtesy of PCs for People)

Stoneridge Apartments:
equity in broadband networking

Stoneridge Apartments, a Dominium-owned and managed affordable housing complex in a northeast suburb of Austin, Texas, is a case study of how metro area MTEs and MDUs can implement this union of fiber with existing coaxial network infrastructure for equitable broadband connectivity and affordable fiber networking.