Fiber to the Home refers to a deployment of a broadband telecommunications system based on fiber-optic cables and associated optical electronics for delivery of broadband service to homes and offices. Another name is "Fiber to the Premises" (FTTP). This is the most costly broadband network implementation because every home requires a separate fiber-optic cable to link it with the central office.

FTTH is a subscriber network that communications service providers finally want with optical cables instead of existing communications networks with coaxial cables. Since there is no theoretical bandwidth limitation, FTTH can provide all communications and broadcasting services through one optical cable and decrease network operating costs up to 50% compared with xDSL.

Even though initial investment costs are a little higher than the construction costs of an existing subscriber network, FTTH gives service providers various opportunities to start new businesses by providing new services and enabling a rapid decrease in operating and maintenance costs due to stable network quality.

This type of architecture has the advantage of delivering very high data rates to the customer, typically in excess of 30 Mbps, but it suffers from high deployment cost, both in terms of equipment and installation. While some operators have announced large scale plans for FTTH deployment, most operators favor a FTTH strategy only for green field deployments. These operators plan to leverage existing copper last mile infrastructure for current customers.