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To: lml who wrote (7790)7/27/2000 6:48:38 PM
From: lml  Read Replies (1) of 12823
 
FCC to hold hearings on open access. See dailynews.yahoo.com

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If in-fact the MSOs offer open access over their cable pipes, how will this impact the dynamics of bandwidth performance on the cable platform? Can the network be designed so as to permit the arbitrage of bandwidth among the various ISP bandwidth allocations, or will the pipe be virtually segmented so that each ISP can be assured of a constant aggregated shared bandwidth to be used solely by its own subscribers?

`There are no limitations on the number of ISPs or whether the ISPs (that can access the cable pipeline) are national, regional or local,'' Levin said,inviting any interested ISPs to e-mail him.'

Levin's comments implies that the shared bandwidth in the coax branches that run in the neighborhood streets will be arbitraged among the various ISPs. If not, then I would think there would have to be a limit to the number of ISPs that could operate off a particular node. If there is in-fact an arbitrage of bandwidth, would that not still impact the performance to anyone particular subscriber, more so than if there were a single access provider? I figure that since the bandwidth apportioned to the several IP gateways is going to be constantly in flux, requiring the continual reallocation of bandwidth among gateways as demand along each constantly changes there are going to be inevitable delays or lags in the flow of packets. Any help from the technical guys here would be appreciated. TIA.
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