Hybrid fiber coax will remain a viable cable TV network platform for some time, as a Light Reading survey of cable operators globally found that executives expect 46 percent of their residential and business customer connections to be coaxial-based in 2024.
But it also is noteworthy that fiber to the home or premises for business customers are expected by 29 percent of respondents, as well as 22 percent who said they would deploy 10-gigabit EPON passive optical networks, while 13 percent said they would use XGS-PON.
The results among North American respondents are nearly identical to the global results, according to Light Reading. The percentage for Docsis 3.1-enabled HFC is two points higher among North American respondents (26.8 percent total), than among other respondents.
Among smaller North American cable providers (those with annual revenue of less than $1 billion), 55 percent of connections are expected to use coaxial cable drops, compared to 41 percent for larger North American providers (those making $5 billion or more annually).
Both small and large North American providers expect FTTH/FTTP to be a significant part of their mix. Smaller North American providers actually anticipate a larger percentage of their customer base will be served through direct fiber connections than large providers, 30 percent versus 24 percent, respectively.
Close to one-half of cable respondents (46 percent) said their company will carry out FTTP network upgrades with 10G-EPON over the next two years, making that the lead choice.
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