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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (7389)	6/23/2000 6:31:00 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Frank- Yeah. I don't know why I typed 6 Mb/s? I meant 60 Mb/s or whatever they claim it will do. As you may recall, there is a GTE VDSL test that is being run here and apparently it is working. But I was guessing that they tie in to their analog cable TV headend for content. You see GTE ran coaxial and fiber pipes passing about a million homes with their HFC network. So they had the headend built for that. THEN they did their VDSL test. So in this case, a telco did build the analog/digital headend for TV services. But it's an unusual situation. And yes, you are correct. I was referring to hundreds of millions to build today's analog headends(wonder how many there are in North America?). And as you say, with a fully digital system, it's a whole new ball game. But that seems so FAR off. In the meantime, what are the telcos going to do with their VDSL networks? Assuming of course, they build them. Any guesses? Or do you feel TV over twisted pair just ain't going to happen? Thanks. -MikeM(From Florida)

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (7389)	6/26/2000 7:43:00 AM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

"An uncompressed HDTV signal is worth 1.5 Gb/s. Compressed? Somebody fill in the blank: _________M/bs." Frank- FWIW I read, over the weekend, 50 Mb/s is what it takes to do a single HDTV channel using MPEG-2. If accurate, one HDTV channel would take up the entire bandwidth of a telcos VDSL stream. What am I missing here? How is the VDSL pipe ever going to scale up to 200 channels like it's competitors offer today? Does the telco's VDSL TV model require VOD? ie, one channel at a time that is unique to the customer. Or another way to look at it(again from just what I read), 1 HDTV channel is like 5 digital TV(DTV) channels. And 1 analog channel equates to 4 or 5 DTV channels. Kind of interesting rules of thumb. But again, I have no idea if they're accurate. I'm just quoting something I read somewhere and doing my best to remember the rules of thumb. -MikeM(From Florida)