Hi KB,
What you say is true, especially if the underlying architecture that WIN selects is identical to those of the ILs, as you call them. I like that, by the way.
What's missing in any proposed pure architecture at this time is a reference model that takes advantage of the optical domain, proper, and IP and its related constructs. That has been the subject of a longer discussion on the FCTF board between myself and David Horne, primarily, has been although some good reinforcement occasionally surfaces over there from members of this board and the LMT.
How do they stack channels from programmers and VoD source points? What kind of user interface makes sense once you lift the constraints of yesterday's designs? Does one deliver multiple wavelengths to homes, or do they use the entire spectrum to wherever xG-Ethernet will take it? Or, will they make the mistake of staying with an analog RF format, maintaining the status quo like everyone else has to date?
These issues have not been thought out yet in any kind of consorted way where price-quantity benefits can be achieved at the network element level for an entirely pure environment, as AHhaha has referred to. They will be, though... as soon as we tell them how. I'm convinced that industry players such as those being discussed here listen to the ideas presented on these boards, rather intently. The pressure is now on.
Regards, Frank Coluccio |
