hal - [ADSL Lite]
You have to understand that a splitter - no matter how easy to install - means a truck roll. That means additional labor expense for a telco as well as another potential problem area. Telcos hate truck rolls. Splitterless technology could be a real boon for those who get into it.
As a service provider/telco you have to add to the equation how long will it take for the equipment at the CO to pay for itself.
Will your customers need a faster speed before the Installation and cost of ADSL Lite DSLAMS have paid for themselves?
As with all the other slightly cheaper and slower options HDSL, IDSL, SDSL buying for today's needs maybe more expensive in the long haul, when you can buy ADSL 8 Mb equip. now and be prepared for the future.
As a consumer, if you could buy a PC which will last you until the year 2010 today for $2,000. Vs buying 3 PC's upgradng along the way at $1,500. which option would you choose?
A small ISP I might opt for the cheaper soultion, but as we all know small ISP's will be extinct in the near future. I believe the RBOC's, the GTE's & MCI's of the world are smart enough to figure out the benefits of buying for tomorrow, and increase the speed and the cost to the consumer as the need for speed increases.
There maybe a niche market CDSL, though it maybe smaller than the niche market for CAP.
But then again I'm just a dumb consumer and what do I know.....
As for the cost and labor of installing a splitter, as a service provider who wants to provide QOS, I would have a truck roll anyway, as I would want to at least check & clean the current POTS connection at the consumers home. Hanging & connecting a POTS Splitter only adds another 10 - 15 minutes to the job. Though adding a new twisted pair to the consumers PC would take additional time.
JW@KSC
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