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

Information Gatekeepers Inc
October 27, 2008
200 Pages - SKU: IOAA2441461
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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.