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W17C	Wednesday, January 23 · 10:00 am – 11:30 am

End-to-End Broadband Technologies Broadband Internet access is rolling across the landscape, and it is coming in various forms such as cable, DSL, fiber, wireless and multimegabit T1 aggregation. There are service-delivery platforms for each of these access technologies, but service providers must control the cost and complexity of their networks in order to remain profitable. This session explores the issues involved with serving multiple access markets and offers technical suggestions about how to serve broadband users over any type of connection with a simple, cost-effective architecture. A summary of the approaches to broadband connectivity Physical and management requirements for streamlining broadband access over multiple technologies Issues that service providers need to consider when delivering value-added services over this complex infrastructure landscape

CHAIRPERSON: Mark Laudy, Director of Corporate Strategy, Riverstone Networks, is responsible for market analysis and the assessment of corporate-development opportunities. Prior to joining Riverstone, he was a senior consultant at McKinsey and Company, where he advised clients in telecommunications and other industries on a range of corporate strategy issues. SPEAKERS: Lewis Eatherton, Architect, Strategic Engineering, Excite@Home, is responsible for building network and service-deployment teams and negotiating service-related agreements with domestic and international Internet service providers. Suresh Gopalakrishnan, Vice President, Engineering, Riverstone Networks, brings more than 10 years of senior engineering management experience to Riverstone. Mr. Gopalakrishnam was previously senior director of corporate strategy at Cabletron Systems.