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Broadband Services - Business Models and Technologies for Community Networks

By mobile | February 11, 2008

Access to the Internet is an increasing problem in many areas of the world. As the popularity and usefulness of the Internet increases on a daily basis, lack of access to the technology is putting many groups at a disadvantage in terms of better education, better jobs and even in terms of higher levels of civic participation. However, creating a network infrastructure to serve outlying communities and sectors of the population is not straight-forward.

This book brings together all the aspects of the problem - technical, regulatory and economic - into one volume to provide a comprehensive resource. It describes the latest technological advances that allow cost-effective network infrastructures to be built, and places them in the context of the applications and services that the infrastructure will deliver. A section on business models and case studies from North American and Europe demonstrate that the solutions are economically and practically viable.

This book is essential for anyone looking to gain an understanding of the issues and technology surrounding the access debate. It will be of particular relevance to network engineers/designers/planners at the incumbent operator companies charged with delivering broadband access to as yet unconnected regions. Governments and regulatory bodies will also find this a useful guide to the problems that they may face.

Key topics covered include:

Part One: Applications and Services.

–Broadband Home/Entertainment Services

–Applications and Services to Meet Society-Related Needs

Part Two: Business Models.

–Key Legal and Regulatory Issues Affecting Community Broadband Projects in the United States

–European Telecommunication Law and Community Networks

–Models for Public Sector Involvement in Regional and Local Broadband Projects

–Customer Owned and Municipal Fiber Networks

–Towards Technologically and Competitively Neutral Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Infrastructure

Part Three: Technology.

–Backbone Optical Network Design for Community Networks

–A Comparison of the Current State of DSL Technologies

–Fiber in the Last Mile

–Ethernet in the First Mile

–DOCSIS as a Foundation for Residential and Commercial Community Networking over Hybrid Fiber Coax

–Broadband Wireless Networks: a Roadmap to Emerging Trends and Standards

Topics: Communication Technology |

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