Two from NATCO Attend Broadband Technology Seminar

Resident Engineer Douglas Smith and Outside Plant Supervisor David Carson from NATCO attended a seminar entitled Emerging Broadband Delivery Solutions and Technologies, held recently at Branson, Mo.

According to Smith, the seminar was a chance to learn more about the latest products that provide a broadband connection to customers for high speed Internet and video. NATCO has dozens of Fiber to the Node placements of fiber optic cable and is planning to deploy more, with the FTTN equipment acting as a central office in a remote location, Smith said.

The newest products involve placing fiber cable from the central office all the way to a customer’s house. This type of project – Fiber to the Premises - is now underway in a new subdivision in Marion County, with the advantage of offering a very large broadband connection for the customer, Smith said.

“We are looking at other areas where this might be a viable option for providing service,” the engineer said.

Sponsors of the seminar at Branson included Windstream Supply, ADC, ADTRAN, JDSU, Sumitomo, and Finley Engineering.