GNG News Guy
01-08-2008, 09:45 AM
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Qwest will be spending $300 million over the next two years to bring 20Mbps VDSL to around 1.5 million customers. The company says they spent $70-100 on the project in 2007, and will spend another $200 million this year. Qwest hopes to see a FTTN/VDSL penetration rate of 40% by 2010, and the upgrades are going to cost the company around $175 per home. The Rocky Mountain News (http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/05/qwest-tests-bonded-dsl-for-more-speed/) says that Qwest is also testing line bonding:The technology could enable the Denver telco to provide data speeds of up to 35 to 38 megabits a second. Currently, the company's fastest advertised rates are 7 megabits a second. It's too early to say whether Qwest will ever go to a bonded DSL line platform. But if the technology proves to be commercially viable, it could be an option for providing video on demand.
Of course that has also been AT&T's hope, and the industry (with Qwest in the front row) is watching to see whether AT&T can really provide multiple HD streams over copper without really compromising image quality. Qwest so far hasn't been keen to jump with both feet into the IPTV market, and unless U-Verse is a smashing success, it's likely to stay that way.
Qwest will be spending $300 million over the next two years to bring 20Mbps VDSL to around 1.5 million customers. The company says they spent $70-100 on the project in 2007, and will spend another $200 million this year. Qwest hopes to see a FTTN/VDSL penetration rate of 40% by 2010, and the upgrades are going to cost the company around $175 per home. The Rocky Mountain News (http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/05/qwest-tests-bonded-dsl-for-more-speed/) says that Qwest is also testing line bonding:The technology could enable the Denver telco to provide data speeds of up to 35 to 38 megabits a second. Currently, the company's fastest advertised rates are 7 megabits a second. It's too early to say whether Qwest will ever go to a bonded DSL line platform. But if the technology proves to be commercially viable, it could be an option for providing video on demand.
Of course that has also been AT&T's hope, and the industry (with Qwest in the front row) is watching to see whether AT&T can really provide multiple HD streams over copper without really compromising image quality. Qwest so far hasn't been keen to jump with both feet into the IPTV market, and unless U-Verse is a smashing success, it's likely to stay that way.