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Article #438Re: cable guy "vapor"-izes DSL 3X cable TV troll!
From: David Knight
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 01:34
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 01:34
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Lawrence Baldwin wrote: > [snipped] > Worse yet folks at ATT that concluded that cable is best architecture > for broadband deployment and bet their business on massive > acquisitions. I may be wrong here, but I think in 2-3 years we'll see > that was a $100B mistake. How many DSL customers (and how much > effective bandwidth) could you reach for $100B? AND, most importantly, > how does it scale from there. > > Come on, where are the cable infrastructure engineers...I don't pretend > to understand that side of the house...I be happy for someone to prove > me wrong since my first broadband access option could very well be ATT > Broadband. > I think it might be instructive to see customer speed experiences listed at : http://www.dslreports.com/archive Note the 3 fastest (downstream) providers listed are using Cable modem technology, not DSL. Also, 10 of the top 14. This data is based on customer speed tests run across the country, and this is clearly not a cable modem web site. I think that both AT&T and AOL clearly have seen the benefits of Cable vs. DSL for broadband, and investigated how to engineer to its strengths prior to making their enormous investments. I NEVER expect to see a scenario of even 50 customers CONCURRENTLY transmitting upstream on a HFC node/segment. Modem deployments on HFC networks are well into 6 digits, so scaling issues can and have been addressed. As with all providers, there will be varying levels of transport service and no technology is immune to poorly designed network segmentation. David Knight
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