January 9, 2006 Lake Oswego, OR -- The FTTH Council's latest "Fiber Community Conference Call" is scheduled for Thursday, January 19, 2006 at 4:00 pm EST (1:00 pm PST). The topic of the call will be "FTTH progress in the Borough of Kutztown, PA."

During the call, Jaymes Vettraino, the borough's manager and treasurer, will review the borough's decision to utilize a fiber infrastructure to provide telecommunications along with the borough's electric utility. Vettraino will outline the background and current status of the FTTH project.

For each FTTH Community call, the FTTH Council provides a phone bridge to call into for audio, and a Web address for viewing presentations.

On January 19, 2006, to view the accompanying "Borough of Kutztown" presentation, go to http://ftthpresents.data3m.com. For the audio portion of the FTTH Community call 1-888-447-7153 The participant PIN is 3042495#.