Umhlaba wokuxhumana kwe-inthanethi uguqulelwe kabusha ngokufika kobuchwepheshe be-Fiber to the Home (FTTH). I-FTTH ibilokhu izuza isisekelo ngoxhumo lwezintambo zethusi lwendabuko ngenxa yekhono layo lokuletha ukufinyelela kwe-inthanethi ngesivinini esikhulu ezindlini nakumabhizinisi. Kodwa isiguquli segeyimu sakamuva kulesi sikhala intambo yokudonsa ye-FTTH.
Izintambo zokudonsa ze-FTTH ziyizintambo ze-fiber optic ezisetshenziselwa ukuxhuma amakhaya namabhizinisi kunethiwekhi ye-fiber optic. Abizwa ngokuthi "izintambo" ngenxa yokuthi zehliswa ukusuka endaweni yokusabalalisa noma isigxobo ukuya endaweni yomsebenzisi wokugcina. Inqubo yokufaka ilula futhi ingenziwa uchwepheshe oqeqeshiwe ngendaba yamahora.
Izinzuzo zezintambo zokudonsa ze-FTTH ziningi. Okokuqala nokubaluleke kakhulu, bahlinzeka ngesivinini se-inthanethi esisheshayo kunezintambo zethusi zendabuko. Lokhu kusho ukuthi abasebenzisi bangajabulela ukusakazwa kwevidiyo enencazelo ephezulu, amageyimu aku-inthanethi, neminye imisebenzi edinga idatha ngaphandle kokunensa noma ukubhafa. Ukwengeza, izintambo zokudonsa ze-FTTH zithembeke kakhulu kunezintambo zethusi, njengoba zingenwa kalula ukuphazamiseka futhi zingamelana nezimo zezulu ezinzima.
Enye inzuzo yezintambo zokudonsa ze-FTTH ukuqina kwazo. Njengoba isidingo somkhawulokudonsa sikhula, inethiwekhi ye-fiber optic inganwetshwa kalula ukuze yamukele abasebenzisi abaningi. Lokhu kusho ukuthi amabhizinisi nemiphakathi ingakhula futhi ithuthuke ngaphandle kokukhathazeka ngemikhawulo yokuxhuma ku-inthanethi.
Ukwamukelwa kweFTTH yehlisa izintamboliya lidlondlobala emhlabeni jikelele. E-United States, abahlinzeki besevisi ye-inthanethi abakhulu njenge-Verizon ne-AT&T banweba amanethiwekhi abo e-FTTH futhi bahlinzeka ngoxhumo lwe-fiber optic emakhaya nasemabhizinisini. E-Europe nase-Asia, amazwe amaningi asevele ethumele amanethiwekhi abanzi e-FTTH, ehlinzeka izakhamuzi zawo ngesivinini se-inthanethi esisheshayo.
Ikhebula lokudonsa le-FTTH liyashintsha ngempela emhlabeni wokuxhumana kwe-inthanethi. Inikeza abasebenzisi ukuxhumana kwe-inthanethi okusheshayo, okuthembeke kakhulu, futhi isiza amabhizinisi nemiphakathi ukuthi ikhule futhi ithuthuke. Ngokunwetshwa okuqhubekayo kwamanethiwekhi e-FTTH emhlabeni jikelele, ikusasa loxhumano lwe-inthanethi libukeka liqhakazile kunangaphambili.