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Quick Jump Menu to this Issue’s Articles April 28th, 2004 Overview It’s Live, No, it’s FTTP – On-Demand NAB – From a Telco Perspective<\/a><\/strong> SoapCity – Online, at Digital Hollywood and, now, at IP Video @ Supercomm<\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n

FTTP – On-Demand<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

by Ken Pyle (ken.pyle@viodi.com), Viodi, LLC<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tom Soroka, USTA’s<\/strong> Director of Technology and Engineering set the stage for USTA\u2019s webinar, The Triple Play: FTTP<\/strong><\/em>. Soroka discussed some of the regulatory and business challenges faced by carriers as they decide to deployed Fiber to the Premise (FTTP) networks. <\/p>\n

Soroka briefly discussed last year\u2019s FCC\u2019s Triennial review that the FCC said that telcos would not have to unbundle elements of new broadband networks (e.g. fiber to the premise). A question that Soroka did not come up was the one that I asked in the last issue of the last Viodi View. Should telcos be supporting the cable industry <\/strong><\/a>in their legal efforts to support the recently overturned FCC rules regarding access to cable modem bandwidth?<\/p>\n

He suggested that many carriers<\/strong> may be sitting on the sidelines<\/strong>, waiting for the FCC to make decisions on how fiber impacts the Universal Service Fund. Soroka also pointed out some of the things that have plagued FTTP from the beginning, such as providing back-up power and will the maintenance costs really be less in the long-term. He suggested that carriers are going after low-hanging fruit for FTTP, such as \u201cgreen field\u201d deployments and business parks where the service revenues can be justified. <\/p>\n

Dustin Maier<\/strong> of the Martin Group<\/strong> phoned in from Jamestown, North Dakota<\/strong>, where he is involved with a 6,500 passing<\/strong>, fiber to the premise overbuild project<\/strong>. Maier pointed out that, \u201cwe are all in the same industry today\u201d, meaning cable and telcos are to the point where they can each provide the same service set. <\/p>\n

Bruce Degn<\/strong> of USTA<\/strong> was listening closely to the April 8th USTA webinar, as he pointed out, and Maier agreed, that telcos<\/strong> getting into the video business need to begin planning<\/strong> and implementing<\/strong> the content portion of a video system simultaneously with the network implementation. Maier stated that he \u201cbelieves the triple play is required<\/strong> [to justify FTTP]\u201d. His experience suggests that the first one with the triple play seems to win. <\/p>\n

Maier had some good suggestions<\/strong> for any telco considering a FTTP deployment including:<\/p>\n