IPTV: FTTH, FTTN, Digital Cable

Ready for Tomorrow’s U.S. Digital Home?

Product Type: Strategic Analysis
Date: Nov 2006
Author: Gary Sasaki
60 pages
Price: $295

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U.S. IPTV comes in many flavors.  It is not just about the well publicized moves by Verizon and AT&T.  IPTV can also be found in hundreds of communities using one of several network technologies.  IPTV will be increasingly found in cable systems, too.

Each approach has strengths and weaknesses when it comes to delivering the triple play services of voice, video and data.  This report examines these different approaches, where they are today, where they are going tomorrow, and how well they will meet the needs of tomorrow's Digital Home.  Some of the questions this report addresses are:

  • How do the various versions of Digital Cable, FTTN and FTTH work?

  • What are the options for increasing performance in the future?

  • What are the strengths and weaknesses

  • How well do they meet the future Digital Home's needs?

  • For the top 15 cable systems, what forms of VOD services are they providing?

  • For FTTN and FTTH systems, a list of 125 service providers currently providing or planning IPTV service, the network topology they are or will be using, and estimated subscription numbers.

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