To: ftth who wrote (504 ) 7/24/2000 9:20:29 AM From: MikeM54321 Respond to "A 6MHz channel is assigned for downstream data, and provides roughly 30Mbps to however many customers the CMTS (really, the MSO, since the CMTS is configured by them) wants on the channel." "What might be equally if not more interesting is the sector which might displace the a-to-d conversion space, that being the IP platform TV group which bypasses the traditional head end environment and the STB utilities, entirely. Granted, this is a more distant (or is it?) opportunity, which will depend on high speed access (at a minimum VDSL, and unobstructed cable modems on lightwire-like drop lines from the node). And since what I'm suggesting rubs just about everyone in the established power structures in both ILEC and MSO circles, we'll need to see something on the order of an religious apparition taking place in the market to help galvanize the approach, but I do believe that this is where things are going."
