This was a paper I wrote in 2001 to describe the benefits and the reality of Fibre to the home. The paper was a supporting document to the business case that showed it was a profitable and doable venture. It was a great project and a lot of work was done on it by the private and the public sector. In the end, it was killed due to lack of vision by the public sector. It was a road not taken and that community today would have been changed for the positive. Recently, I was doing some work and I was asked about the possibility of Fibre to the home. It is as relevant and doable today as it was in 2001. It takes leadership to create change. You only management to maintain the change.