| 1. |
At what point will it make economic sense for us to deploy a
FTTP system? |
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The cost of deploying ESON FTTP networks has already declined to the prove-in
point for many, if not most communities. Since ESON is based on standard
Ethernet, it has successfully ridden that cost curve down as mass-market
Ethernet products become widely deployed. But the reality is that the cost of
not taking action has risen to unacceptable levels. Taking a leadership role in
the information networking revolution, municipalities such as yours are
actively taking matters into their own hands and deploying FTTP systems when
those capabilities are just not made available to them. They view such
infrastructure as vital in promoting their economic growth and benefiting
overall personal, family, and community development.
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| 2. |
What is the ideal approach to implement a municipality-based FTTP system?
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| A. |
The patchwork of regulations and different levels of incumbent service have
resulted in a large number of alternative models for municipality run access
networks. Single or aggregations of communities, retail or wholesale access
services, supplemental or full triple-play offerings . the models can vary
widely. We've worked with many government agencies that are evaluating or
deploying FTTP systems, and we'd be happy to provide you with our insights. |
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| 3. |
How much bandwidth do I need to offer video services? |
| A. |
If you've elected to provide video services directly to your customers, you've
probably been worried every time you've walked into a Best Buys or Circuit City
store. You've seen row after row of HD television sets and are probably
wondering how you're going to get enough bandwidth to each home. You recognize
that HDTV is not a future promise but a current reality - even multiple HD
televisions in homes. As this penetration continues, it's likely to soon
relegate 30Mbps or even the 60Mbps to the "insufficient bandwidth" category.
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| 4. |
What is the range of channel change timing that will be experienced by our
subscribers for video services? |
| A. |
The QoStream network supports IGMP multicast group join and leave times of the
order of a millisecond. However, the user experience is limited by the time
required for the specific user Set Top Box to lock into the next I-frame, a
time that is of the order of 1 second. |
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| 5. |
Technology "bias" aside, what are the critical characteristics of a vendor
/ partner that we should seek-out? |
| A. |
At the top of the list are low cost / high value, standards-based solutions,
turn-key capabilities, and an experienced team. At least that's our perspective
and how we try to create differentiation.
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| 6. |
Is your solution "open platform"? |
| A. |
The QoStream System is a completely Open Systems Architecture adhering to the
OSI model and using only standards-based protocols.
The Management Plane uses the QoStreamT Director to support the element
management layer 1, the network management layers 2 and 3, and extensions to
services management layer 4. These extensions to layer 4 support deployment of
higher level customer NMSs and third party solutions at that layer. The
QoStream Director provides generic northbound adaptors to allow the QoStream
Director to interface with customer Service Management or Business Management
layers.
One such adaptor, the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) adaptor,
is based on Common Object Model and IDL standardized in the TeleManagement
Forum (e.g. Connection and Service Management Information Model CORBA IDL
Solution Set v1.5 - TMF.807). Another such adaptor is an SNMP version 3
northbound interface.
The Control Plane links the processing configurations of the network elements to
the QoStream Director by means of an SNMP version 3 interface southbound from
the Management Plane to the network elements. The network elements employ
industry standard operating systems, drivers, and tools.
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| 7. |
Are you a member of any industry associations? |
| A. |
Amedia Networks is actively engaged in the FTTH Council, United States
Telecommunications Association, Telecommunications Industry Association and several others. You can see a more complete listig under the "affiliations" menu on our website. |
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| 8. |
PON? ESON? Which is the right FTTP solution? |
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Many of the current A/BPON systems were deployed prior to a standard for ESON
and may have been selected for their compatibility with ATM. With the adoption
of a standard for switched Ethernet, and the migration to IP/Ethernet Metro
facilities, those justifications evaporate. More recently, network providers
have begun to recalibrate the bandwidth requirements of their subscribers in
the "HDTV era" and find the PON-based approaches coming up short.
While we'd like to tell you that ESON is always the right solution, the reality
is that this is not an easy question to answer. But to succeed in answering it,
you'll need facts - not assumptions. We'd be glad to provide you with the
information about ESON that you'll need to evaluate the right solution for your
very specific requirements.
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