The Bel eDPU Plus is a versatile, compact, single-channel fiber link extender for fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) deployments delivering ultra-fast broadband service. Deployed at the distribution point, the unit terminates the fiber feed while existing twisted pair or coax covers the final drop to the customer, reducing installation cost. The eDPU Plus is ready for software-defined networking with no dependency on proprietary vendor software development kits, running a mainline OpenWrt distribution that operators can adapt and optimize for their own networks.