The 1999 Local Loop Comprehensive Report

Format: Softcover, 321 pages
ISBN: 0-933217-55-2
Price: $396

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WHO SHOULD READ THIS REPORT

• Competitive local-exchange carriers that must choose the best access technologies for their desired markets based on customers' bandwidth requirements, security, reliability, time to market, traffic-management strategies, and cost
• Incumbent local-exchange carriers that must understand the challenges and evolution of the local-loop market since the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
• Interexchange carriers that search for new ways to break into the local-service market
• Internet service providers that must continue to find new ways of delivering high-quality service to customers
• Equipment vendors that must keep up to date on the most preferred network access architectures in the rapidly changing marketplace
• Competitive access providers that seek competitive entry and new strategies to gain access to the "last mile"
• Enterprise customers who strive to centralize their telecommunications planning and management functions and to select a competitive access strategy
• University professors whose courses and research activities must keep abreast of the latest developments in access technologies and regulations of the local loop