EPON stand for Ethernet passive optical network. EPON gives access to Internet, voice, and video service. It does this by using Ethernet packets instead of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) cells. This is what makes EPON different from GPON.

EPON is deployed as point-to-multipoint in fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) or fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) networks and delivers data rates of 1 Gbps upstream and downstream.

EPON stands for Ethernet passive optical network. EPON uses Ethernet packets instead of ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) cells. EPON also uses Internet Protocol (IP) to carry data, voice, and video data. It generally delivers 1G symmetrical bandwidth, which makes it a popular choice.

EPON provides seamless connectivity for any type of IP-based or other “packetized” “communications” . Since Ethernet devices are ubiquitous from the home network all the way through to regional, national and worldwide backbone networks, implementation of EPONs can be highly cost-effective. Furthermore, based on continuing advances in the transfer rate of Ethernet-based transport now up to 10 Gigabit Ethernet EPON service levels for customers are scalable from T1 (1.5 Mbit/s) up through 1 Gbit/s.