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Re: The real question is... After 15 years? Why did you pick 1991 as the starting point? I, like most people, didn't even know what DSL was till 1998 or so. |
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| I was reading on the net about hows DSL came to life in 1989 |
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| And fiber optics came to life long before it came out.
DSL as a telecommunication product didn't come out to far later. |
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| When DSL was first developed in 1989 it was designed primarily for video. ADSL was the flavor of choice because it provides the high downstream rates needed for streaming video. Video on Demand (VOD) was viewed as the next generation service supporting the next generation network from telephone companies around the world. Video on Demand was expected to be the telephone company's way of competing with cable television providers, and ADSL was the technology to make it possible. However, with few exceptions, VOD has not proven to be as popular as was once predicted. Instead, the market for DSL has emerged much differently than was once expected. As it turns out, personal computer users need high-speed access to the Internet and corporate networks from residences and remote offices. Now, this PC user market has captured the attention of both cable TV providers and telephone companies, as both are furiously working to meet their needs. |
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said by bogey780:And fiber optics came to life long before it came out. DSL as a telecommunication product didn't come out to far later. Fiber would require LOTS of changes (as we see now). I'm all for FTTP. But DSL uses most of the same copper as PTSN. So given it's age and relative ease of deployment DSL "should" be more wide spread. Many places still don't have a DSLAM in their CO or are stuck behind a RT that is also not setup with an RDSLAM. In areas where both DSL and Cable are available I wonder that the ratio is. My guess is that Cable has a greater market share only because the phone companies have fallen asleep and not deployed as much DSL equipment. |
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| But you forget about load coils, bridge taps, and other designed features of POTS that kill DSL. |
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said by bogey780:And fiber optics came to life long before it came out. DSL as a telecommunication product didn't come out to far later. Correct.
@Home really only started coming on back in 1997. They were testing and deploying in 1995. Broadband is still a very young technology.
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