said by Rob:By far one of the best article on DSLReports to date!
I wish I had added a 2nd part to my question, which was: How does AT&T feel about the current Fiber setups that BellSouth installed (IFITL, DFITL, and MX) and how do they plan to play those into their U-Verse service, at all? Currently, IFITL customers do not need a DSL Modem, rather they plug directly into a 10mb port at the pedestal. Unfortunantely, the equipment doesn't support speeds greater than 1.5/256. Prior to AT&T's merger with BellSouth, Tellabs was working with BellSouth on hardware upgrades for IFITL customers. I'm not sure if those plans were changed, or if AT&T has some idea to incorporate Tellabs technology and offer a different service to the IFITL customers?
"BellSouth" is still rolling out their FITL-MX platform, and it is safe to assume that there will be a U-Verse solution for that technology, given it is FTTC. I don't know, though, about other services such as IFITL/DFITL/FITL-A. Vendors are still working on new products that will bridge the gap. No primary vendors have "jumped ship" or been cut off due to BellSouth's adaptation to AT&T's deployment strategy.
