audiog
join:2004-08-09
Detroit, MI
| reply to djtim21
Re: How is this service is not hindered by distanc
Under the UNE-L rules competitive carriers will be able to lease the loop (copper wires and T1 lines) at cut-rate prices from the Bells. Hence, these competitors must migrate from UNE-P to UNE-L solution.
Under the cheapest route:
UNE-L is still provisioned out of the RT but bypasses the Bell switch port that is suppling Covad the UNE-P element to provide DSL. IN SBC land UNE-P= port + loop. UNE-L is just the loop to your house or business. Covad will have to collocate a softswitch/packet based switch. Basically it is a mini class 5/class4 switch that can handle voice and IP broadband router. This is a Tandem router that can handle very large bandwidths. Tandems are used to connect RTs and such. So who ever is providing the access Tandems to Covad for IP will directly connect to Covad and the consumer instead of going through the Bell
The other model it unthinkable.
That is where Covad builds its own RT and provision the loops out to you. Pulling glass and copper to the pole and leasing the loops to the house. |
