RE: [EFM] EFM Requirements
Howdy Vladimir,
My experience is from the US telephony industry as a CIO for a large
tri-state ISP.
If the target market for the technology is the provider (ILEC, CLEC, ISP),
why not start
with a set of engineering requirements that provide a reasonable business
model. I do not
see the capital and market for any large fiber build out with copper for the
last mile only, nor
with a EFM solution that only hits 4.5KFt.
First, the valuation of fiber has drastically reduced (in proportion to
increase in bandwidth capacity). Companies whom have banked on building
fiber WAN/MAN networks are not where I'd
bank my investment capital. Second, companies with current traditional xDSL
technologies (Northpoint, etc) have not been able to build a working
business model with current engineering requirements.
The only companies that will be left standing to provision DSL will be the
ILEC's, but their business
is tightly controlled by various federal and state regulatory agencies. In
the state of Oregon, the ILEC required $70M of state capital infusion in
order to even justify DSLAM's in rural communities.
In this financial market, it makes business sense to start with a set of
engineering requirements
that reflect the reality of the current and future telecommunication market.
I need a technology that
I can stay profitable with .. I need reach.
Frank
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vladimir Oksman [mailto:oksman@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 1:00 PM
> To: Frank Miller
> Cc: 'Hugh Barrass'; Lough, Andy; Sherman Ackley;
> Stds-802-3-Efm (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [EFM] EFM Requirements
>
>
> Frank,
>
> I would like to remind that EFM = Ethernet in the First
> Mile, but not in
> first 10 miles. To cover 10 miles it is probably assumed a
> fiber for the first
> 9.5 miles and some copper tail after. That's why PON is the
> major topic in EFM
> group as well.
>
> Vladimir.
>
>
>