POF-ALL is a European project, funded within the 6th Framework Programme, meant to develop a low-cost solution based on Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) to make the delivery of broadband access to everyone possible. A careful optimization of the enabling technologies (components, devices and protocols) will end up in a real-life field test.

New telecom operators are struggling to deploy glass fiber in the edge networks, owing to major installation challenges. POF-ALL will prove that POF can radically ease installation difficulties and reduce costs while providing ample bandwidth, making it the ideal alternative for edge networks. The technical goal is to build systems based on large core POF, operating at 100+ Mbit/s symmetrically over distances of 200+ meters.