Broadband Future

Blueprint: Telco Triple Play: "With international approval of the VDSL2 (G.993.2) standard in May 2005, telephone carriers now have the opportunity to upgrade both upstream and downstream bandwidth to their subscribers and to thereby offer valuable new services such as IPTV, interactive gaming, peer-to-peer file sharing and videoconferencing. VDSL2 chipsets can be designed to deliver up to 100Mbps of symmetrical bandwidth to each subscriber. In addition, these chipsets incorporate previous functionality outlined in the ADSL (G.992.1), ADSL2 (G.992.3 and G.992.5) and VDSL (G.993.1) standards, making VDSL2 a multi-mode solution for a broad range of service needs. Asian and European carriers are already operating VDSL-based services, and U.S. carriers such as SBC and BellSouth have indicated that VDSL2 will be part of their fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) and fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) deployment plans."