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To: bwtidal who wrote (1622)	5/29/1999 10:49:00 PM
From: Hiram Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5853

bwtidal, just thought I would drop this off, a shameless plug for my favorite little company. multichannel.com Tony Werner, executive vice president of engineering and technical operations for AT&T Broadband & Internet Services (formerly Tele-Communications Inc.), raised a stir by describing how his MSO plans to test a "micro-node" cable-telephony architecture that pushes fiber optic transmission to network depths of 50 to 75 homes passed per node, versus 500 or more under its current architecture. Werner said the technology, developed by AT&T Laboratories, uses digital and optical multiplexing to keep fiber counts low, pushing maintenance and equipment costs down by reducing the number of active components, such as power amplifiers, by 60 percent to 80 percent. He also said the architecture was backward-compatible with AT&T Broadband's existing HFC networks, and it did not necessarily rely on new revenue streams from advanced services to justify deployment. A pilot to determine the new structure's cost-effectiveness will be run in a market he did not disclose, although it was rumored to be Salt Lake City. Colin Boyd, vice president of North American sales and marketing for AT&T supplier Harmonic Inc., saw a lot of foot traffic past such displays as its new "DWDM-through-the-node" return transmitter, which is intended to boost return-path bandwidth by eight wavelengths on a single fiber. Boyd said AT&T Broadband raised operator interest in DWDM. "Let's face it: AT&T's got a lot of influence on the industry right now," he added. HLIT is kicking some cable ass,now it has AT &T's research division to pump it full of information. The freaken sky is the limit now boys. Hiram