Broadband in Central Europe and Beyond

Author

Good, R.C. ; Hill, G.R.

Author_Institution

Gtel Consultancy Ltd.

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

18-22 June 2006

Firstpage

10

Lastpage

11

Abstract

Broadband is proving to be a powerful engine for improving public well being and economic growth in those countries where it is applied. The EU Framework programme´s BReATH project supported the transfer of know-how and best practices in planning and delivering broadband e-services and access to the EU New Member States. This project has had dramatic economic impact on the region with significant new inward investment and reversal of the migration trend. A conclusion from this project is that ADSL provides the lowest cost access solution if the telephone infrastructure in the region is sound. Another project that investigated was the Dutch Kenniswijk experiment that installed 10 Mbit/s pipes to homes across a district using fibre to the home FTTH technology. This project aimed to develop new services that would fully exploit the wide bandwidth available, 65 new services were generated

Keywords

broadband networks; digital subscriber lines; macroeconomics; optical fibre subscriber loops; ADSL; BReATH project; Central Europe; Dutch Kenniswijk; FTTH technology; broadband e-services; economic growth; fibre to the home; public well being; telephone infrastructure; Bandwidth; Best practices; Costs; Engines; Environmental economics; Europe; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Power generation economics; Pricing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2006 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nottingham

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0235-2

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0236-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2006.248292

Filename

4013623