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Optical Access: Next-Generation Technology and Services in the First Mile
Format: Spiral-Bound, 207 pages
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Just when digital subscriber line (DSL) and T1 looked like they would sustain copper services for years, fiber optics has appeared in buildings and has jolted the telecommunications marketplace. Once thought of as high-speed, T1 is now viewed as sluggish by bandwidth craving businesses. While painful to install, DSL is cheap, so cheap in fact that no one can make any money selling it if they are not an incumbent local-exchange carrier (ILEC). Finding copper solutions increasingly lacking, service providers and their customers are ready for optical access.
In addressing these issues, the International Engineering Consortium (IEC) and its co-publisher, Communications Industry Researchers (CIR), are pleased to present their latest research report, Optical Access: Next-Generation Technology and Services in the First Mile. This focused, strategic study will help to explain the current situation and future prospects in the optical access arena. This report analyzes the technology and economic factors that are compelling service providers to bring fiber to the home, business, and points in between. It will examine how systems vendors are using competing approaches, and whether they are linking their technology to their marketing strategy. It will also look at major access technologies such as free-space optics, passive optical networks (PON), and optical Ethernet as well as whether these very different solutions can complement one another.
ISBN: 1-931695-06-7
Price:
$2,995
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