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The 1999 Local Loop Comprehensive Report
Format: Softcover, 321 pages
ISBN: 0-933217-55-2
Price:
$396
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OVERVIEW
Originally developed to support voice traffic, the local loop of the telecommunications network now supports a much greater number of subscriber lines transmitting both voice and data traffic over the network. Business and residential customers are requesting higher bandwidth; faster, more flexible systems; and reliable services at manageable costs. Enterprise customers desire services to support the increasing number of geographically dispersed employees and co-located offices. As residential customers add new, Internet-dedicated subscriber lines, traffic over the local loop increases dramatically. To meet customers' demands for secure, high-speed, cost-effective service, service providers must explore developing access technologies that meet escalating service requirements.
This new comprehensive report from the IEC helps service providers navigate the battle for the local loop, describing the advantages and drawbacks of current access technologies, such as asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), cable modems, and wireless, and forecasting the most efficient access strategies of the future. The 1999 Local Loop Comprehensive Report is designed to assist service providers and customers understand the requirements and benefits of the dizzying number of choices for access technology services by offering the advice and experiences of industry professionals. The report explores opportunities for early identification and routing of data traffic, sharing facilities among multiple customers, techniques for shaping traffic, and equipment to allocate available bandwidth efficiently. Contributors to this report represent a range of leading companies, including competitive local-exchange carriers, incumbent local-exchange carriers, enterprise customers, and competitive access providers.
As the local access market continues to expand dramatically since the Telecommunications Act of 1996, service providers must devise new strategies that meet customers' service demands better, faster, and cheaper. The 1999 Local Loop Comprehensive Report is a critical resource for capitalizing upon the opportunities of this dynamic and constantly evolving market.