According to a new survey from the Fiber To The Home Council (which is comprised of largely fiber hardware vendors and carriers), 71% of FTTH subscribers say they are "very satisfied" with their Internet service, compared with 53 percent for cable broadband and 52% for DSL. The survey, conducted by RVA LLC, polled 1,000 FTTH subscribers and 600 other broadband subscribers from a pool of 50,000 randomly selected consumers.

Most interesting perhaps is the fact that the FTTH council found that just 41% of broadband subscribers actually know what the term "fiber to the home" even means, compared to 28% one year ago. You might recall the FCC recently found (pdf) that 80% of broadband customers don't even know what connection speed they have, despite it being clearly advertised at sale. The survey also found that FTTH is usually faster (shocking) than DSL or cable:The group says FTTH is now available to more than 16% of North American homes, with six million homes actually connected. 3.8 million of that total are Verizon FiOS customers.