Homebuilders are continually looking for high-tech appeal when trying to attract tech-savvy buyers. Installing fiber-to-the-home systems that include high-speed communication lines and outlets throughout their homes is one way to make that connection.
Monday, May 26, 2008 14:44 MDT
Working with those developers is Zial Networks. The firm currently provides the service in southwest Boise’s Hazelwood Village subdivision, south of Lake Hazel Road and west of Five Mile Road. The Boise-based company offers digital video, Voice-over Internet Protocol phone technology, high-speed Internet service and surveillance.
From its own switching equipment in a central location in Hazelwood Village, Zial runs fiber-optic cable to individual homes as an alternative to copper infrastructure such as phone wires and coaxial cable. The fiber “backbone” – rough out the subdivision in a trench shared with other utility lines.
Systems like this are more commonly installed in commercial buildings.
“It’s the first full ‘triple play’ fiber-to-the-home deployment in the Treasure Valley,” Zial founder and President Chris Adams said. Each household that opts for the service has its own fiber rather than shared lines.
Adams said fiber-to-the-home represents advancement in that it’s a high-capacity single source connected and accessed at a central location. With earlier modes, risks included that one or more providers of a single service would encounter capacity limitations or would offer varying degrees of quality, he said.
by Brad Carlson
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