Information Gatekeepers has recognized the Advanced Access Architecture thrusts of the major US carriers as one of the most important events in telecommunications history. As such, IGI has been periodically issuing major reports on the FTTP/FTTn activities of the RBOCs since it began in 2003. Earlier this year we issued “Advanced Access Architectures — 2008 — AT&T, Verizon, and Qwest Plans and Forecasts,” the most comprehensive of our reports on this subject. In recognition of the wide interest and deep importance of the FTTP/FTTN phenomena, we are now issuing a series of reports that focus on narrower aspects of Advanced Access Architectures. Specifically, this report focuses on the bandwidth needed in the access area and on ways to get that bandwidth. The report is a companion to:
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