[DMT takes some shots here...]
Hi Pat:
I know you read "THE LAST MILE" thread but perhaps not so far today. Any thoughts about the (long) article here? I think there is plenty of early room for CAP, but this story strikes me as over-zealous:
cedmagazine.com
A couple of paragraphs here...
<<Meanwhile, the telephone industry appears to have a much bigger task ahead of it if it hopes to see DSL modems showing up in computer stores anytime in this century. Two years ago, the T1E1.4 subcommittee of the American National Standards Institute settled on discrete multitone (DMT) as the standard for asynchronous DSL applications, with all but one RBOC-Bell Atlantic-signing on, largely because, at the time, it looked as though DMT had essential capabilities inherent to it that the more market-ready CAP (carrierless amplitude phase) modulation technology lacked.
But since then, CAP vendors, based on innovations from system designer GlobeSpan Technologies (formerly AT&T Paradyne), have closed the functionality gap to where the differences are minimal. This presents a confusing situation to potential users of the technology, including the Internet service providers who are looking to exploit it.>>
Thanks for all your work. -- Tom |
