The Final Frontier – The Drop to and in the Home

Mark Boxer, Technical Manager, Solutions and Applications Engineering, OFS
Mark assists customers deploying fiber in a wide variety of network design scenarios around the world and analyzes trends in telecommunications markets that drive new product innovation. Mark has a BME degree from Georgia Tech and has spent his 30+ year career in the fiber industry. His experience includes varied roles in manufacturing and applications engineering for fiber-based products and markets. Other activities include inventor of 6 US Patents, member and past Secretary of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Fiber Optic Working Group, contributing member to the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) Technology Committee and Board of Directors member of the FBA and NC Broadband Matters.

OFS is a world-leading designer, manufacturer and provider of optical fiber, fiber optic cable, connectivity, fiber-to-the-subscriber (FTTX), and specialty photonics products. They provide reliable, cost-effective solutions for a broad range of applications, including telecommunications, medicine, industrial automation, sensing, government, aerospace and defense. These products help their customers meet the needs of consumers and businesses, both today and in the future. Headquartered in Norcross (near Atlanta), Georgia, USA, OFS is a global provider with facilities in China, Denmark, Germany, Russia and the United States. OFS is part of Furukawa Electric Company, a multi-billion-dollar leader in optical communications.

Webinar Rewind: FTTH Cabling Design with Supply Chain in Mind
3/2/22: Explore options available for FTTH Design and Cabling that can affect all the key elements required to build on schedule and cost effectively.

Video: The Last Hundred Meters: OFS Single Family Drop Systems
Simple as 1,2,3… The InvisiLight^® Drop Solution provides a nearly invisible fiber optic solution inside the home and provides confidence that the network will meet the bandwidth demands of tomorrow.

Article: Rolling Forward With Fiber
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