Broadband services are examined from both residential-and business-user aspects, and
trends and needs in both areas are identified. The rapid progress in broadband standards …

Although near-term benefits are driving both telephone companies and cable operators to
deliver residential services over optical fiber, in the longer term fiber enables new …

The evolution of broadband technologies is described, focusing on fiber loops and
broadband switching. Broadband service opportunities are briefly examined. It is contended …

The regulatory and service drivers that are prerequisites for local access evolution to the
broadband integrated services digital networks are discussed. A tutorial on the state of the …

Human and societal communication needs are analyzed, and three categories of
communication need are discussed: access to people, to information, and to information …

The evolution of telephone networks from narrowband to broadband will require a rethinking
of the rules for customer premises equipment. The introduction of a variety of transmission …

General design considerations for the broadband information highway of the future are
given in the context of interactive broadband services to the home. As potential precursors to …

An overview of the services andnetworking technologies under consideration for BISDN is
provided. Future directions and challenges for broadband research and development are …

The 1998 Aspen Systems Conference on Telecommunications Policy met to consider ways
of speeding the deployment of telecommunication systems that allow for robust, reliable, and …

In July 1989, Southern Bell began deploying a fiber access system capable of carrying 54
cable television (CATV) channels, as well as plain old telephone service (POTS) and …