By (author): David P. Reed
Description
Ideal for both technical and non-technical audiences, this comprehensive study delivers straightforward, objective information and analysis on the issues surrounding the deployment of fiber in the subscriber loop. Nowhere else will you gain this kind of insight into the complex interrelationships of the issues involved: engineering, economic, and policy.
Table Of Contents
Part I - Engineering and Economics of Network Evolution:Introduction. Introducing Fiber Optics into the Subscriber Loop. Developing the Engineering Cost Models. Model Results. The Impact of Technological Breakthroughs. Part II - Regulating Network Evolution: Existing Barriers and Strategies to Network Evolution. Competition and Network Access in the Subscriber Lop. Other Important Policy Objectives in the Subscriber Loop. Conclusions. Bibliography. Appendixes.