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Article: Integrating Voice And Data On Residential Broadband Networks.(Technology Information)
- Article from:
- Computer Technology Review
- Article date:
- August 1, 2000
- Author:
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Cable operators, ILECs, and competitive carriers are all investing in and deploying broadband services and the increasingly competitive market for customers has already resulted in downward pricing pressure for DSL, cable, and fixed wireless services. This has forced service providers to re-evaluate their broadband business models and find new ways to leverage their broadband infrastructures to deliver value added services.
While the early build-out of the broadband infrastructure was centered around the support of one customer application--high speed Internet access-this is changing. The ability to overlay toll-quality, packetized voice services onto the ...