Albert - Of course I know where you stand. It was a slow day, but>>
Besides, I wanted Gary Walker to think all we do is play secret agent around here... It does add a little life to the in-depth research. When there's no news, find it, when they won't tell us, find it.
I do try, but no one wants to add 2 + 2 = comments.
GW - Glad to see your an Aggressive Shareholder. Being an SI member since NOV 95, one would assume you have been a lurker?
If this is assumed, then why are you still hooked on little need for upstream bandwidth? The return path on ADSL tops out at around 1Mbps,
unless Dr. Cioffi got some more tricks up his sleeve for ADSL.
I'm looking at a more longer term, with VDSL. I'm also hoping for a
VDSL standard based on Amati's DMT at it's core level.
The market for VDSL far surpasses the market for ADSL.
I, and many others need more than a 28Kbps return path. To achieve a World Corp. Business World LAN that acts like a Corp. internal LAN, VDSL is required with each path Up & Down being FAST.
Using your viewpoint, what would I do if I wanted to run Video Broadcasting from my office to my Viewing Audience? My video server
has all my past programming.
What is a poor fellow to do, 28 or 56Kbps?
This is ADSL (DMT) ~~~ This Is Not Your Fathers PLATO.
COPPER GOLD(r), TEXAS INSTUMENT / MOTOROLA AMATI INSIDE ANSI/ETSI DMT(r)
Sorry about the Plato ref., I could not resist when I saw University of Illinois.
Glad you joined in, sorry to pounce so early..
Now back to the rest of you guys... As I said I try.....
Here we have -> Deutsche Telekom, Italtel and Telecom Italia, Siemens
and Amati all together. It is safe to assume that the 4Mbps & 8Mbps modems are the Overture 4 & 8, but not a stated fact, but then again who can run 8Mbps these days? and then " be a model of prefection" to boot! (see Telecom Labs test results).
Trials
For the Munich hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) trial
The project will also demonstrate remote access in Aveiro, Portugal, where users will receive signals transmitted over an ATM link from a video server in Milan.
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At the Milan trial, Italtel and Telecom Italia will initially test ADSL technology, beginning with a 4-mbps downstream signal, later extending it to 8 mbps. The trial will also test VDSL and passive optical network technologies.
The first of seven EU-sponsored field trials for multimedia subscriber services was launched in Munich, Germany, last month. The other trials are scheduled to follow in Italy, Belgium, Portugal and the United Kingdom later in the year.
Brussels is contributing 630 million ecu ($772 million) under its Advanced Communications Technologies and Services (ACTS) program to the tests, in which 22 European organizations are participating. They include equipment vendors Siemens AG in Munich and Acorn Computer Ltd. of Cambridge, England, network operators Deutsche Telekom and
Telecom Italia, research centers CSELT and INESC, and content providers Videotime of Milan, Italy, and Autor Technologies Multimedia Lda. of Aveiro, Portugal.
**AMUSE is there keeping everything on the up & up.
The primary objectives of the project, called Advanced Multimedia Services for Residential Users (AMUSE), are to study the interoperability problems associated with technologies such as ATM end-to-end transmission protocols and MPEG video compression; and to
assess whether subscribers are willing to pay for services delivered by these technologies.
**Eyes watching
David Lytel, managing director of the Washington D.C. consultancy Sherpa Consulting Group
techstocks.com
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Monday, 3 June, 1996
MUNICH
Gallassi added: "Content is crucial. Some of the previous trials have failed because of a lack of good content." Several large media groups, including Italian media and investment company Finninvest SpA and German public service broadcaster ZDF, have agreed to participate in the trials.
Franz Hiergeist, network director at Deutsche Telekom, said digital broadcasting and high-speed Internet access could drive the market for ATM systems. "Broadband multimedia services would create demand for both edge and core ATM switches," he said.
David Lytel, managing director of the Washington D.C. consultancy Sherpa Consulting Group, said the spectacular growth of the Internet has demonstrated widespread interest in on-line services. "Users are ready for multimedia games and video services, but slow network access and congestion in the Internet backbone are causing bottlenecks," he said.
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The tests come at a critical period, analysts say, as network managers across Europe assess their bandwidth requirements. John Cioffi, vice president of engineering at networking vendor Amati Communications of Mountain View, California, said: "As the monopoly PTTs prepare to privatize, they have to show their assets. So we're seeing a renewed interest in copper cable."
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For the Munich hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) trial, Deutsche Telekom is providing the infrastructure while Siemens is supplying the ATM systems and an on-line encoder for digitizing TV transmissions. Data communications subsidiary Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems AG in Paderborn, Germany, is providing the video server. Online Media Ltd., a subsidiary of the Acorn Computer Group, is furnishing the set-top boxes. So-called video pump software delivers the requested video data to an ATM adapter, which converts it into ATM signals for Transportation across the HFC network. The subscribers' set-top boxes
convert the ATM signals into the commonly used Phase Alternate Line (PAL) television format.
Data is delivered over the ATM switched network at speeds of up to 25.6 megabits per second. Video signals are transmitted at 4 mbps and Internet access is provided at 5 mpbs, compared to today's more typical speeds of 28.8 kilobits per second. Subscribers can use
their remote control or an infrared keyboard to key in information.
At the Milan trial, Italtel and Telecom Italia will initially test ADSL technology, beginning
with a 4-mbps downstream signal, later extending it to 8 mbps. The trial will also test VDSL and passive optical network technologies.
The project will also demonstrate remote access in Aveiro, Portugal, where users will receive signals transmitted over an ATM link from a video server in Milan.
Pat- Whats wrong ? I use the best bait in town, and the fish won't bite? Maybe no one read it the first time, as it was addressed to MoneyPenny?
Wheather the fish are biteing or not,
I Still Want My DMT
JW@KSC |
