[XCSSA] AT&T IPTV

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On Monday 04 June 2007 11:36, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
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> I believe Verizon and AT&T compete in Dallas, which is the heart of u-verse
> (their main NOC is there). 

My uncle works in the Dallas AT&T NOC (previously SBC NOC).  In fact, he says 
that the new U-verse crew is taking over their high dollar NOC projector 
wall.. and pushing them out of the production NOC.  He says that they the way 
that they're building out the U-verse team is by replacing dozens of seasoned 
network and telecom engineers with non-engineer middle managers that are all 
running the U-verse wall.  In many cases not knowing or understanding the 
technology that's behind the pretty iconized network diagrams and utilization 
graphs.  Real shame.  

I suppose if they don't get their operational act together and beef up on the 
engineering side of the house, that they market will do what the market does 
and dismiss their system as a steaming pile.


> I believe that wherever FTTP will compete 
> directly with FTTN, FTTP will win if they can price competitively.  FTTP
> bandwidth is for all practical purposes unlimited, while FTTN will always
> be limited by what the last mile copper can carry.

Actually, copper over short haul has nearly the same bandwidth as fiber.  It's 
just that the majority of the cable that is out there is used for long haul 
applications where the impedance  seriously limits bandwidth.

Tweeks