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To: DenverTechie who wrote (9326)	11/26/2000 10:12:36 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Denver, good to see you back. Things must be poppin' busy for you out there, eh? ;-) I wonder if you'd comment on my thoughts concerning leveraging HFC's existing coax, at some point, towards an all-digital transport platform, such as I've outlined in message # 9321 here. TIA, FAC Message 14881673

To: DenverTechie who wrote (9326)	12/10/2000 12:06:48 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Re: Cable Telephony- Circuit-->Packet Thread- Arris Interactive's(soon to be ANTC + Arris = Arris International) plan to migrate their circuit-switched voice customers over to packet voice. Leaves little stranded investment. Even when the cableco has already put in a class five switch in the headend, it will still pass both kinds of traffic onto the public network. This is not to be confused with an end-end VoIP solution. -MikeM(From Florida) _____________________________ *ARRIS EYES IP TELEPHONY MIGRATION PATH* Vendor Plans Headend Upgrade and New CPE to Support DOCSIS-Based Cable IP Telephony DECEMBER 04, 2000--Arris Interactive, the top supplier of circuit-switched cable telephony equipment, is planning an upgrade path that will allow its Cornerstone platform to support DOCSIS-based IP telephony services. To date, Arris has shipped Cornerstone headend systems with enough capacity to support 12 million cable telephone lines, but Arris MSO customers like AT&T Broadband and Cox Communications have only installed 1 million cable phone customers to date. As these cable carriers begin moving to IP, Arris is building a roadmap to allow this unused headend capacity to support packet voice, offering a potential migration path for key MSO customers. "We'll be ready to help our customers with the transition to IP," said Mike Horton, director of marketing, Arris Interactive. There are two key elements in the Arris upgrade package. First, the company is developing an Advanced IP Module (AIPM) for its Cornerstone Host Digital Terminal (HDT) headend equipment. The AIPM is a DOCSIS 1.1-card with one downstream and four upstream ports, an integrated GR-303 gateway to route voice calls to a Class 5 telephone switch, and a 100-Mbps Ethernet interface to transfer IP data or voice traffic to a packet backbone network The second ingredient is the PacketPort, an environmentally hardened residential IP data and telephony gateway device. The product builds on Arris' current CablePort switched telephony home gateway, but uses DOCSIS 1.1 technology and an HPNA 2.0 interface to support IP services. The PacketPort, which is now being deployed in initial MSO field trials, is priced above $400. Horton says the price should drop below $350 once volume shipments begin and notes that the PacketPort will be ready to operate at less than 4 watts this spring to meet MSO powering targets.