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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (23059)	6/8/2000 1:33:00 AM
From: FR1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Frank, Just thought I would add two links for information: Simple overview: cabledatacomnews.com backbone maps: cybergeography.com

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (23059)	6/10/2000 1:04:00 PM
From: KailuaBoy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Frank, Thanks for the HFC tutorial. It was a good refresher. The lesson lays out a path for gradual deployment of FTTH and even states that FTTH should only be deployed in targeted areas where the large CAPEX can be recovered in a foreseeable timeframe. Sounds like a reasonable way to get there. What struck me as a big deal when I read it was the fact that you have to power the line at the point of conversion from fiber to coax in order to do telephony. I hadn't thought about that. I'll bet that is expensive and difficult to accomplish. Further it is a difficult step that needs to be taken in order to support an intermediate solution. Bummer. Thanks again, KB