[CAnet - news] Environmnetal Impact of Fiber to the Home

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[Here is an excellent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the European Fiber
to the Home council of the environmental benefits of FTTh, taking into
account all the CO2 emissions that are produced in the construction and
deployment of the fiber, measured against the savings of only two potential
applications - tele-commuting and tele-medicine. No surprise, that the
greatest amount of CO2 emissions is digging up the ground to bury the fiber.
All the more reason to have shared conduit (or poles where available).  I
suspect the CO2 savings will be significantly greater if they looked at
wider range of applications, especially those that promoted the trading of
"bits and bandwidth for carbon".  The reality is that carbon offsets of
tele-commuting and tele-medicine are relatively quite small in the great
scheme of things. Since consumers are directly responsible or influence 60%
of all CO2 emissions, network applications that enable or encourage
consumers to reduce their carbon footprint in these other walks of life will
pay much bigger dividends.  Thanks to Joeri Van Bogaert for this pointer --
BSA]

http://www.ftthcouncil.eu/documents/Blog%20documents/Christian%20Ollivry%20a
nd%20Philippe%20Osset.pdf

-As a main quantitative finding, the environmental impact of the deployment
of a typical FTTH network will be positive in less than 14 years considering
only the three selected services
. Additional either existing or developing applications will further
emphasize these results
. Beyond its environmental-friendly aspects, FTTH solutions offer additional
social and economical benefits

-If further physical barriers are reduced (ducts access in particular), and
full range of services are developing, contributions will be far bigger


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