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FTTH is rapidly becoming the next-generation of internet access across the world, but taking it inside individual dwellings, particularly multiple dwelling units, can add significant cost to the rollout, writes Peter Dykes . Optical Connections talked with Peter Carlsson , CEO of InCoax, about the company’s approach to the issue. OC: How did InCoax come into being? PC: The company’s roots go back to 2009 when our CTO, Tomas Svensson, founded the company with a few other people who had worked for the Swedish telco, Telia and who were responsible for building the operator’s infrastructure. The team was a pioneer in the development and buildout of the internet in Sweden. They also developed the first generation of ADSL broadband. Some of the team went on to set up the cloud company GetItSafe and subsequently went on to form InCoax in order to focus on broadband over coax. There is a lot of internet and telco experience and knowledge within InCoax. OC: How did the idea of using existing in-building infrastructure come about? PC: The idea to use existing infrastructure has been there from the very start. When the team was still at Telia, they were using the existing twisted pair as the in-building wiring for internet access. They soon realised, however, that copper is a poor choice as a high-speed broadband medium. Coaxial cabling, which also exists in buildings, is a much better choice and has much higher capacity as it was originally designed for video and multimedia. Our first product generations have targeted the hospitality market and leveraged the in-building coax. But they were all
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