re: FTTP Booty Tough to PegUnless the RBOCS provide convergent services over fiber, it may take as long as ten years to recover the cost. It is also not clear what services will be bundled and how various ervices will be provided. The population density except in some big cities cannot be justified. No cast sudy has been done by RBOCs to present a clear picture of the cost factors. With amost no profitability and no recovery in sight,to think of fiber installation and providing services does not seem to be a good idea at least the recovery takes place, which may be another ten years or so.
re: FTTP Booty Tough to PegI think you are right about the foot dragging. They want more relief from the FCC. The latest ruling didn't help by making them share on brownfield applications. There aren't enough greenfield applications to make this a huge rollout. On the other hand they are losing customers daily to the MSOs (cable companies), so they can't wait forever.
re: FTTP Booty Tough to PegIf install costs were at $1k that's less than half the rule of thumb costs to wire existing POTS users via copper (estimated at $2k/sub).
Bobbymax, how do come up with 10 years ROI? Sounds like an ever more profitable ROI than copper...
Combine that FTTP with an MPLS core and you've got the best of convergence and technology advancement with lower opex and the capacity for a triple-play by the RBOCs. I believe that their foot dragging in FTTP has to do more with linesharing than anything else.
re: FTTP Booty Tough to Peg >Bobbymax, how do come up with 10 years ROI? >Sounds like an ever more profitable ROI than >copper...
How do you think he came up with it? Like he comes up with pretty much every other statement he makes. For example ... today's Friday so the answer must be 10. If you'd caught him on a Tuesday, it would have been 13 years.
re: FTTP Booty Tough to PegThe RBOC's are under tremendous competitive pressure from the MSO's and must respond. Voice related revenues are declining, margins squeezed, and the cost of operating a crumbling copper infrastructure skyrocketing. At the FTTH Council conf in New Orleans a few weeks back, Verizon made it clear that they will rebuilding their Cu plant with fiber at least at the rate of their rehab budget - 3-4% of total cap budget per year. Greenfield applications have already proved-in economically as take rates are above 90% for voice and data with churn well below 10%. While the PON networks installed are fully video capable, these service have not been broadly turned up. With regard to the overbuild segment, multi dwelling unit deployments are quite economical as has been proven in Italy, Sweden, Korea, and Japan. I agree, dense urban already makes sense for voice and data over fiber- adding video clinches it. With a HDTV MPEG-4 stream requiring roughly 7 Mb/s, DSL is not going to cut it -
I agree, the RBOC's must respond and figure out the video business in a hurry.
re: FTTP Booty Tough to PegCG, I agree, the RBOC's will be killed by the MSO's if they do not respond with a "triple play" unfortunately this is the reason that FTTH will be delayed. The RBOC's need a 2004/2005 solution and no meaningful deployment of FTTH is scheduled until 2005.
The RBOC's near term solution will be to partner with satellite to provide complementary services. so the solution becomes ADSL2+ with broadcast Video over satellite and VOD/PPV over DSL. This kills FTTH for at least another 2-3 years. Its the final irony that deploying a DSL/satelllite system to compete with the MSO will chew up the entire upgrade budget that could be used for FTTH.
Its a bad long term strategy, but as we all know in telecom these days, long term strategy takes a back seat to survival.
My prediction Verizion deploys AFC slowly SBC delays all FFTH to focus on ADSL/satellite
re: FTTP Booty Tough to PegWith high rise dwellings and other dense envrionments the proper architecture is FTTB/FTTC with VDSL for the last 1,000 ft.
Another way to do that is to have an active star in the basement or at the curb and use MMF and VCSELs for the last 1,000 ft.
In any case, the economic and engineering justification for FTTP is still obscure.
Perhaps this knowledgeable forum will be able to provide a cogent explanation for this old idea that started in the late 80's and was only useful to a handful of Raynet people.
Bobbymax, how do come up with 10 years ROI? Sounds like an ever more profitable ROI than copper...
Combine that FTTP with an MPLS core and you've got the best of convergence and technology advancement with lower opex and the capacity for a triple-play by the RBOCs. I believe that their foot dragging in FTTP has to do more with linesharing than anything else.
>Bobbymax, how do come up with 10 years ROI?
>Sounds like an ever more profitable ROI than
>copper...
How do you think he came up with it? Like he comes up with pretty much every other statement he makes. For example ... today's Friday so the answer must be 10. If you'd caught him on a Tuesday, it would have been 13 years.
ROBCs will be dying in 5 years if they don't start FTTP now, period.
With a HDTV MPEG-4 stream requiring roughly 7 Mb/s, DSL is not going to cut it -
I agree, the RBOC's must respond and figure out the video business in a hurry.
I agree, the RBOC's will be killed by the MSO's if they do not respond with a "triple play" unfortunately this is the reason that FTTH will be delayed. The RBOC's need a 2004/2005 solution and no meaningful deployment of FTTH is scheduled until 2005.
The RBOC's near term solution will be to partner with satellite to provide complementary services. so the solution becomes ADSL2+ with broadcast Video over satellite and VOD/PPV over DSL. This kills FTTH for at least another 2-3 years. Its the final irony that deploying a DSL/satelllite system to compete with the MSO will chew up the entire upgrade budget that could be used for FTTH.
Its a bad long term strategy, but as we all know in telecom these days, long term strategy takes a back seat to survival.
My prediction
Verizion deploys AFC slowly
SBC delays all FFTH to focus on ADSL/satellite
Where exactly is the unemployment office!
Another way to do that is to have an active star in the basement or at the curb and use MMF and VCSELs for the last 1,000 ft.
In any case, the economic and engineering justification for FTTP is still obscure.
Perhaps this knowledgeable forum will be able to provide a cogent explanation for this old idea that started in the late 80's and was only useful to a handful of Raynet people.