Two key future Internet access technologies are:
Passive Optical Networking (PON)
PON, part of fiber-to-the-home will unleash the potential of fiber optics to home users.
Passive optical splitters don’t require electricity, lowering cost, but limiting its maximum distance to about 10 miles.
WDM is also used so hundreds or thousands of channels are possible at very high speeds.
Ethernet to the Home
Gives home users 10BaseT or 100BaseT connections.
Yipes.com is now doing this in several large US cities.
The common carrier installs TCP/IP routers connected to an Ethernet MAN.