Business Applications, Not Consumer Demand, To Drive Growth of DSL Deployments.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 18, 1999-- But regulatory and interoperability issues are blocking progress; "A real can of worms," says author of new IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iec.ch) An organization that sets international electrical and electronics standards founded in 1906. It is made up of national committees from over 60 countries. IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission report on the future of digital subscriber line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and technologies An all-too-familiar bugaboo--regulatory issues--has jumped into the path of digital subscriber line (DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary ) deployments says a leading telecommunications industry researcher. Judith Hellerstein, president of Washington, D.C.-based Hellerstein & Associates and author of a new International Engineering Consortium (IEC) research report entitled The Future of Digital Subscriber Line Technologies: Business Drivers, Strategies, and Markets, theorizes that DSL would be much more widely deployed at this juncture junc·ture n. The point, line, or surface of union of two parts. if the regulatory climate regulatory climate The extent to which a regulated firm or industry is permitted to earn an adequate return on the stockholders' investment. This term is nearly always used in reference to utilities, which are required to obtain approval for rate changes. was clearer. One of the key issues concerns line sharing. Without it, says Hellerstein, customers requesting DSL service are forced to purchase a second line for their data transmissions, driving up costs and ultimately making it harder for the CLECs to compete with the incumbents. "It's hard to say whether the government will mandate line sharing," explains Hellerstein. "What it has said is that if there is even one incumbent that is successfully offering line sharing, then there's no reason why the other companies can't do it. And there is one ILEC--PAC Bell--that is doing it. This has opened a regulatory can of worms." Another issue concerns what Hellerstein describes as the "control over the bottleneck A lessening of throughput. It often refers to networks that are overloaded, which is caused by the inability of the hardware and transmission lines to support the traffic. It can also refer to a mismatch inside the computer where slower-speed peripheral buses and devices prevent the CPU ." s; CLECs need access to the DSLAMs and the copper wires that are attached to it. "Even though laws are have been challenging them on this, which is delaying the whole process." The good news, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. "There is a light at the end of the tunnel ... too soon, as Hellerstein reports that businesses of all sizes and types are turning to DSL as the preferred he bottom line is that businesses are much more While it seems crystal clear that the demand for DSL services will grow at a rapid pace over the next sever TO SEVER, practice. When defendants who are sued jointly have separate defences, they may in general sever, that is, each one rely on his own separate defence; each may plead severally and insist on his own separate plea. See Severance. bodies to keep up," says Hellerstein. "The datauture of Digital Subscriber Line Technologies: Business Drivers, Strategies, and Markets research report, available from IEC Publications. Analyzing one of today's most important topics to the telecom and information industries, The Future of DSL provides an overview of DSL deployment and explores the forces driving the rapid growth of broadband and high-speed access in homes and businesses. More information on the Future of Digital Subscriber Line Technologies: Business Drivers, Strategies, and Markets research report can be obtained by contacting IEC Publications (312-559-3730; publications@iec.org) or by visiting www.iec.org. |
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