barkode asks: "A friend recently asked a mailing list for some comments on a technology his company is introducing, a FTTC (Fiber To The Curb)-like product known as FTTH (Fiber To The Home). FTTC, which has been around for a while in certain areas, is modified from a hybrid of fiber-terminated-at-curb -> coax-to-the-home, to skipping step 2 altogether and providing 100mbit switched and dedicated Internet bandwidth directly to the NIU on the side of the house, providing dialtone, television, and Internet. This generated quite the debate, ending up with a discussion of both why the Internet isn't ready for this, and why Joe User isn't ready for this either. The DoS attack potential is obvious, but should the privledge of 100mbit Internet connectivity be given to someone who hasn't 'earned' the privilege of having that type of influence on a public network? What has to happen before FTTH/FTTC is feasible, and what are the implications of implementing such technology too early?" Interesting thought, although the percentage of people who have access to broadband Internet in the home (much less Internet access, altogether) is not that high at the moment it is probably wise to ask these questions now, rather than suffer the dismal performance of an overloaded global network later.