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Fiber in the Local Loop: Business, Economic, and Technical Challenges
Format: Softcover, 387 pages
ISBN: 0-933217-16-1
Price:
$380
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OVERVIEW
Interactive multimedia will soon reach millions of homes and businesses, and fiber-optic cable deep in the local loop will play a critical role in its infrastructure. Yet the question of how much fiber to deploy, where, and when (and who should deploy it) still remains to be answered conclusively. As major telcos, cablecos, and other service providers in the information-technology industry conduct trials and begin deployment of various fiber architectures, several key issues remain unclear, such as the following:
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of the leading architectures?
- How will the huge initial deployment costs be recovered?
- What services will customers actually pay for?
- How should the broadband network be regulated?
These are some of the questions that the International Engineering Consortium sought to address at its ComForum on fiber in the local loop. As a service to the industry, the Consortium presents key insights and information from this event in Fiber in the Local Loop: Business, Economic, and Technical Challenges.