FTTP/ FTTN - The RBOCs' Advanced Access Architectures Equipment and Fiber Requirements

Report Features

Direct input from the major carriers

• AT&T
• Verizon
• Qwest

Analysis of each RBOC Plan

• Deployment plans
• Locations of deployment
• Estimated costs
• Services

New forecasts

• For AAA served households
• For AAAs passed households
• For equipment and fiber needed for PON and for FTTN types of AAAs
• For costs of the AAAs
• For the overall market for high-speed services (XDSL, cable modems, and AAAs)
• All forecasts are offered as comparisons to nominally stated plans of the RBOCs and the author’s projections of what will actually happen.

New Cost material

• Comparing the fiber required for the various types of AAAs
• Comparing budget impacts for AAA deployment
• Plant segment costs
• Video costs

New material on bandwidth demand and sources

• Forecast of bandwidth required in the residence
• Review of available bandwidth sources
• Review of other available and advanced alternatives for generating more bandwidth

Discussion of next-generation PONS

• WDM-PONs — Detailed discussion and listing of vendors and other activities
• 10-GPONs — Detailed discussion of architecture, and current status

Discussion of the market drivers and the competitive situation

Review of over 50 major vendors in the area

Appendixes covering

• Equipment and fiber requirements for AAAs.
• Access architectures
• Approaches to video delivery — IPTV.

This report contains nearly 200 pages and is profusely illustrated with over 100 figures, charts, graphs, and drawings.