Title :
Making broadband-ISDN successful
Author :
Irvin, David Rand
Author_Institution :
IBM Networking Syst. Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Abstract :
It is argued that the technology needed to support the emerging broadband integrated services digital network technology (B-ISDN) is on the horizon, but the deployment of this technology in the telecommunication plant will not be sufficient to make B-ISDN a commercial success. Two corequisites for ensuring the long-term success of the emerging B-ISDN include stimulating the demand for bandwidth by inventing and promoting new telecommunication applications, and enabling the interconnection or convergence of the emerging high-speed network and the existing cable television infrastructure. The author believes that this is necessary because no alternative seems to offer a workable base for financing the transition to B-ISDN and for reaching the needed economy of scale, and because the intrinsic value of the public network grows combinatorially with the number of subscribers.<>
Keywords :
B-ISDN; marketing; technological forecasting; telecommunication services; B-ISDN; bandwidth demand; broadband integrated services digital network; broadband-ISDN; commercial success; economy of scale; existing cable television infrastructure; financing; future; high-speed network; number of subscribers; public network; telecommunication applications; telecommunication plant; B-ISDN; Communication industry; Communication switching; Costs; High speed optical techniques; High-speed networks; Humans; Microeconomics; Optical fibers; Telecommunication switching;
Journal_Title :
Network, IEEE
