Abstract
This report is a review of broadband deployments in the United States with an in-depth look at both retail and wholesale services offered by the two largest incumbent operators, AT&T and Verizon. It explores the networks being deployed and the technologies being used with an emphasis on FTTx but discusses DSL and CMTS deployments as well.
Table of Contents
Technology and network
- Legacy network technology and service types
- Proposed FTTx technology and approach
- FTTx capability and services
NGN rollout
- FTTx rollouts are nationwide
Legacy products available
- Incumbent ADSL retail residential offerings (Internet only)
- Incumbent CMTS retail residential offerings (Internet only)
Wholesale services
- AT&T' s wholesale offerings
- Verizon' s wholesale offerings
Competition
- Telcos and cable operators compete head to head
Key players
- Lots of vendors share the pie
Government involvement
- LLU regulatory environment
- Regulation on fiber rollouts and existing services
- Regulation on fiber rollouts and potential services
- Maintenance of legacy network
- Local loop unbundling and FTTx
- Fibre-to-the-Home Council calls for ' 100 Megabit Nation'
Table of figures
- Figure 1. US broadband subscribers as of December 2007
- Figure 2. Breakdown of DSL subscribers between ADSL and VDSL
- Figure 3. US FTTx subscribers by service provider
- Figure 4. Number of homes passed with fiber in the United States
- Figure 5. Percentage of homes connected by large vs. small operators
- Figure 6. BPON architecture being deployed by Verizon
- Figure 7. Number of homes connected with FTTP
- Figure 8. FTTC and FTTN living units served by AT&T' s U-verse service
- Table 1. Service options and pricing for Verizon' s FiOS service as of June 2008
- Table 2. Service options with pricing for AT&T' s U-verse service as of June 2008
- Table 3. FTTx deployments in the US by Verizon and AT&T
