Integrated Broadband Networks (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Integrated Broadband Networks: The Public Policy Issues 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
Preface 8
Contributing Authors 12
INTRODUCTION 14
PART ONE: NEW SERVICES 20
CHAPTER 1. THE MARKET FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL SERVICES 22
1. Introduction 22
2. Selected Characteristics of the Residential Market 24
3. Adoption of New Technologies in the Residential Market 27
4. Conclusion and Discussion 32
Notes 33
References 34
CHAPTER 2. MARKET SEGMENTATION AND THE IBN POLICY DEBATE 36
1. Introduction 36
2. Social and Economic Forces 36
3· Media Imperative 38
4. Cable: Unfulfilled Promises 40
5· Switched Video Transmission 42
6. Policy-Social Impact 45
7. Conclusions 49
References 49
CHAPTER 3. BELIEVABLE BROADBAND FOR BUSINESSES: FIVE SCENARIOS 52
1. Introduction 52
Scenario 1: "Transtrack" 53
Scenario 2: "Audiospace" 56
Scenario 3: "Virtual Corp" 58
Scenario 4: "Corporate Family" 60
Scenario 5: "Omniview" 62
Conclusions and Implications 64
Notes 65
CHAPTER 4. FORECASTING THE DEMAND FOR NEW BROADBAND SERVICES 66
1. Introduction 66
2. Users' Needs 68
3. Methods of Forecasting 70
4. Conclusions 75
Notes 78
PART TWO: TECHNOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC VIABILITY 80
CHAPTER 5. THE TECHNOLOGY OF BROADBAND NETWORKS 84
1. Introduction 84
2. Definition of IBN 85
3. IBN Architectures 88
4. IBN Technology 94
5. Evolutionary Considerations 97
6. Conclusions 99
Notes 100
CHAPTER 6. AN ENGINEERING COST AND POLICY ANALYSIS OF INTRODUCING FIBER INTO THE RESIDENTIAL SUBSCRIBER LOOP 102
1. Introduction 102
2. Key Concepts in the Design of Residential Fiber Optic Networks 104
3. Optical Network Architectures for the Subscriber Loop 108
4. The Engineering Cost Models 119
5. Results 130
6. Conclusions 140
Notes 143
References 145
CHAPTER 7. NETWORK INTEGRATION VERSUS NETWORK SEGMENTATION 148
1. The Setting1 148
2. The Concept of ISDN 148
3. Economies of Scope 149
4. Economies of Scale 151
5. Scale and Scope 152
6. ISDN and Monopoly 155
7. Network Fragmentation and the Open Network Architecture Concept 156
8. Conclusion 157
Endnotes 158
CHAPTER 8. ISDN AND THE SMALL USER: REGULATORY POLICY ISSUES 160
1. Introduction 160
2. Technical Preliminaries 162
3. Economic Issues in ISDN Deployment 165
4. Utility Regulation and ISDN Deployment 179
5. Conclusions 184
Notes 186
CHAPTER 9. CONFUQ BETWEEN PUBUC POLICY AND TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY 192
1. Introduction 192
2. Economics of Technology Adoption 194
3. Public Infrastructure Versus Private Networks 200
4. Making a Choice 201
Notes 204
CHAPTER 10. PERSPECTIVES ON IMPLEMENTATION OF BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE 206
1. Introduction 206
2. Infrastructure 208
3. Infrastructure Metaphors and Paradigms 211
3· Infrastructure Metaphors 215
4. Technology 216
5. Policy Implications 225
Notes 232
PART THREE: INSTITUTIONAL AND REGULATORY ISSUES 240
CHAPTER 11. PLAYERS AND STAKES 244
1. Introduction 244
2. Local Exchange Carriers 244
3. Cable Television 246
4. Broadcasters 249
5. Program Producers and Distributors 250
6. Telecommunications Users 250
7. Regulators 251
8. Conclusions 253
Notes 253
CHAPTER 12. CATV: THE IMPAQ OF DEREGULATION AND THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGY 260
1. Introduction 260
2. The CATV Market Today 261
3· Is Cable Ready for a High-fiber Diet? 264
4. The Political Economy of the New Technology 267
5. Fiber: A Technological Dare 269
Notes 271
References 275
CHAPTER 13. REGULATORY STATUS: A PRELIMINARY INQUIRY 278
1. Introduction 278
2. The Regulatory Status of IBN 278
2. Structural Regulation 282
3. Regulation of Rates and Practices 286
4. Conclusion 289
Notes 289
CHAPTER 14. IMPENDING LEGAL ISSUES 294
1. Introduction 294
2. Hacking and Viruses 294
3. Privacy 296
4. Pornography 298
5. Refusal to Deal 302
6. Whose Speech Is It Anyway? 303
7. Conclusion 304
Notes 304
CHAPTER 15. TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND THEIR POUCY IMPLICATIONS 308
1. Introduction 308
2. Standards: Pros, Cons, and Forums 310
3. Status of Current Technical Standards for Broadband Networks 315
4. Policy-related Standards Issues for Broadband Networks 317
5. Conclusions 322
References 322
CHAPTER 16. REGULATORY AND POLICY ISSUES 324
1. Introduction 324
2. State/Federal Jurisdiction 325
3. Cost Allocations and Pricing 326
4. Network Design and Terminal Equipment 328
5. Appropriate Safeguards Against Anticompetitive Behavior 330
6. Common Carriers and the First Amendment 332
7. Audiotex Censorship by Telephone Companies 332
8. Copyright 333
9. Social Issues 333
10. Conclusions 334
Notes 334
GLOSSARY 344
INDEX 362