• E.1 Executive Summary
• E.2 Access Network Topologies
• E.3 Forces Affecting the Internet Access Market
• E.4 Obstacles To Growth
• E.5 High-Speed Internet Access Technologies
• E.6 Costs of Providing High-Speed Internet Access
• E.7 Forecasts of the Internet Access Market

 1.0 Introduction

• 1.1 The Internet Defined
• 1.2 Structure of the Internet
• 1.3 Requirements for Internet Service Providers
• 1.3.1 Internet Points of Presence
• 1.3.2 Access Architectures, Cable vs. Telco
• 1.4 Internet Applications
• 1.4.1 Information Storage and Retrieval
• 1.4.2 Electronic Mail and Messaging
• 1.4.3 Telecommuting
• 1.4.4 Videoconferencing
• 1.4.5 Telephony
• 1.4.6 Broadcast Audio/Multimedia
• 1.4.7 Interactive Services
• 1.4.8 Electronic Commerce
• 1.4.9 Education
• 1.5 Access Network Topologies
• 1.5.1 Existing Telco
• 1.5.2 Existing CATV
• 1.5.3 Hybrid Fiber-Coax
• 1.5.3.1 Cable Industry
• 1.5.3.2 Telephone Industry
• 1.5.4 Digital Loop Carrier Networks
• 1.5.5 Fiber to the Curb/Fiber to the Home
• 1.6 Forces Affecting the Internet Access Market
• 1.6.1 Growth of the PC market
• 1.6.2 Growth of Online Service and Internet Market
• 1.6.3 Evolving Regulations
• 1.6.4 Commercialization of the Internet
• 1.6.5 NII and other Government Initiatives
• 1.6.6 Developing Standards for High-Speed Access Technologies
• 1.6.6.1 IEEE
• 1.6.6.2 ITU
• 1.6.6.3 ANSI/ATIS
• 1.6.6.4 ETSI
• 1.6.6.5 DAVIC
• 1.6.6.6 ADSL Forum
• 1.6.6.7 VESA
• 1.6.6.8 ATM Forum
• 1.6.6.9 Bellcore
• 1.6.6.10 Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
• 1.7 Obstacles To Growth
• 1.7.1 Capacity of the Internet Backbone
• 1.7.2 Regulatory Uncertainty
• 1.7.3 Availability of Equipment
• 1.7.4 Operational Support Systems
• 1.7.5 Billing and Transaction Systems

2.0 High-Speed Internet Access Technologies

• 2.1 ISDN
• 2.1.1 Technology Overview
• 2.1.2 Capabilities and Limitations
• 2.1.3 Evaluation of ISDN as an Internet Access Technology
• 2.1.4 Standards
• 2.2 Cable Modems
• 2.2.1 Technology Overview
• 2.2.1.1 Modulation
• 2.2.1.2 Frequency Agility
• 2.2.2 Capabilities and Limitations
• 2.2.3 Evaluation of Cable Modems as an Internet Access Technology
• 2.2.4 Standards
• 2.2.4.1 MCNS
• 2.2.4.2 CableLabs
• 2.2.4.3 IEEE 802.14 81
• 2.3 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
• 2.3.1 Technology Overview
• 2.3.2 Capabilities and Limitations
• 2.3.3 Evaluation of ADSL as an Internet Access Technology
• 2.3.4 Standards
• 2.3.4.1 ANSI/ETSI
• 2.3.4.2 ATM Forum
• 2.3.4.3 ADSL Forum
• 2.4 High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line HDSL
• 2.4.1 Technology Overview
• 2.4.2 Capabilities and Limitations
• 2.4.3 Evaluation of HDSL as an Internet Access Technology
• 2.4.4 Standards
• 2.5 Very high-data-rate Digital Subscriber Line, VDSL
• 2.5.1 Technology Overview
• 2.5.2 Capabilities and Limitations
• 2.5.3 Evaluation of VDSL as an Internet Access Technology
• 2.5.4 Standards
• 2.6 Single line Digital Subscriber Line, SDSL
• 2.6.1 Technology Overview
• 2.6.2 Capabilities and Limitations
• 2.6.3 Evaluation of SDSL as an Internet Access Technology
• 2.7 ATM
• 2.7.1 Technology Overview
• 2.7.2 Capabilities and Limitations
• 2.7.3 Evaluation of ATM as an Internet Access Technology
• 2.7.4 Standards
• 2.7.4.1 The ATM Forum
• 2.7.4.2 Bellcore
• 2.7.4.3 The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
• 2.8 Satellite
• 2.9 Wireless Data Solutions
• 2.9.1 Supernet
• 2.9.2 MMDS
• 2.9.3 Technology Overview
• 2.9.4 Capabilities and Limitations
• 2.9.5 Evaluation of Wireless Data as an Internet Access Technology
• 2.9.6 Standards

3.0 High-Speed Internet Access Providers

• 3.1 Cable TV Industry
• 3.1.1 Market Forces Affecting the Cable Industry
• 3.1.2 Cable Industry Involvement in the Internet
• 3.1.3 Current and Planned Trials of High-Speed Internet Access
• 3.1.3.1 Time Warner
• 3.1.3.2 TCI
• 3.1.3.3 @Home
• 3.1.3.4 Viacom (TCI)
• 3.1.3.5 Rogers
• 3.1.3.6 Jones
• 3.1.3.7 Comcast
• 3.1.3.8 Cox
• 3.1.3.9 Continental
• 3.2 Telephone Companies
• 3.2.1 Market Forces Affecting the Telephone Industry
• 3.2.2 Telephone Company Involvement in the High-Speed Internet Access Market
• 3.2.3 Current and Planned Telephone Company Trials of High-Speed Internet Access
• 3.2.3.1 Ameritech
• 3.2.3.2 BellSouth
• 3.2.3.3 Bell Atlantic/Nynex
• 3.2.3.4 GTE
• 3.2.3.5 US West !NTERPRISE Trial
• 3.3 International Trials of High-Speed Internet Access Technologies
• 3.3.1 Profile: Singapore Cablevision

4.0 Costs of Providing High-Speed Internet Access

• 4.1 Internet over Cable Modems
• 4.2 Internet over ISDN
• 4.3 Internet over ADSL

5.0 Forecasting the High-Speed Internet Access Market

• 5.1 Growth of the Internet
• 5.2 Cable Television Industry High-Speed Internet Access Market
• 5.3 Telephone Company High-Speed Internet Access Market
• 5.4 Equipment Forecasts for the High-Speed Internet Access Market
• 5.4.1 Cable Modems
• 5.4.2 xDSL Equipment

6.0 Equipment Vendor Profiles

• 6.1 Cable Modem Manufacturers
• 6.1.2 ADC
• 6.1.3 AT&T/Lucent
• 6.1.4 Com21
• 6.1.5 Digital Equipment Corp.
• 6.1.6 First Pacific Networks
• 6.1.7 General Instrument
• 6.1.8 Hewlett-Packard
• 6.1.9 Hybrid Networks
• 6.1.10 IBM
• 6.1.11 Intel
• 6.1.12 LANcity
• 6.1.13 Microsoft
• 6.1.14 Mitsubishi
• 6.1.15 Motorola
• 6.1.16 NorTel
• 6.1.17 Phasecom
• 6.1.18 Pioneer
• 6.1.19 Scientific-Atlanta
• 6.1.20 Terayon Corp.
• 6.1.21 West End Systems Corp.
• 6.1.22 Zenith
• 6.2 ADSL, HDSL, VDSL and SDSL Equipment Manufacturers
• 6.2.1 Adtran
• 6.2.2 Advanced Video Access
• 6.2.3 Advanced Fibre Communications
• 6.2.4 Alcatel Bell
• 6.2.5 Amati Communications
• 6.2.6 Analog Devices
• 6.2.7 Ascom Ericsson
• 6.2.8 AT&T Microelectronics
• 6.2.9 AT&T Paradyne
• 6.2.10 Aware Inc.
• 6.2.11 Broadband Technologies
• 6.2.12 Brooktree
• 6.2.13 CCOM
• 6.2.14 ECI Telecom
• 6.2.15 Ericsson Schrack AG
• 6.2.16 Goldstar
• 6.2.17 Harris Semiconductor
• 6.2.18 IPM Datacom
• 6.2.19 Level One Communications
• 6.2.20 MetaLink
• 6.2.21 Motorola Semiconductor
• 6.2.22 NEC
• 6.2.23 Orckit Communications
• 6.2.24 PairGain Technologies
• 6.2.25 Performance Telecom
• 6.2.26 SourceCom
• 6.2.27 Westell Technologies Inc.

7.0 Strategies for Success in the High-Speed Internet Access Market

• 7.1 Telephone Companies
• 7.2 Cable TV MSOs
• 7.3 Network Equipment Manufacturers
• 7.4 Microelectronics Manufacturers
• 7.5 CPE Vendors

List Of Exhibits

• Exhibit E.1 Telco and Cable Networks Compared
• Exhibit E.2 High-Speed Copper Access Technologies Compared
• Exhibit E.3 U.S. Residential Internet Users by Access Method, 1996-2005
• Exhibit 1.1 Telco and Cable Networks Compared
• Exhibit 1.2 The Telephone Companies Local Exchange Network
• Exhibit 1.3 Cable TV Tree-and-Branch Topology
• Exhibit 1.4 Hybrid Fiber Coax Network Topology
• Exhibit 1.5 Cable Networks in 1987
• Exhibit 1.6 Cable Networks in 1996
• Exhibit 1.7 FTTC Network Architecture
• Figure 2.0 High-Speed Copper Access Technologies Compared
• Exhibit 2.1 Projected ISDN Deployment by Local Exchange Carriers- 1996
• Percent of Lines Planned to Have ISDN Available
• Exhibit 2.2 Local Exchange Carriers ISDN Lines Installed (as of April 1996)
• Exhibit 2.3 Long Distance Carriers ISDN Lines Installed (as of late 1995)
• Exhibit 2.4 CableLabs1 High-speed Cable Data Service Network Management Interfaces
• Exhibit 2.5 CableLabs1 Operational Model for a HSCDS Management and Control System
• Exhibit 2.6 ADSL Standards Comparison
• Exhibit 2.7 ANSI minimum specifications for ADSL
• Exhibit 2.8 Transport Classes of the T1E1.4 ADSL Standard
• Exhibit 2.9 ADSL Forum Reference Model
• Exhibit 2.10 Single-Pair SDSL and Single-Pair HDSL Loop Reach Table
• Exhibit 2.11 Key ITU I-Series Recommendations Pertaining to Broadband ISDN/ATM
• Exhibit 3.1 Broadband PCS Auctions Top 10 Winners
• Exhibit 3.2 Current Cable Industry Trials of High-Speed Data Services
• Exhibit 3.3 Time Warner Full Service Network Diagram
• Exhibit 3.4 Network Equipment Suppliers for Time Warner Full Service Network
• Exhibit 3.5 Line Runner Reference System Architecture
• Exhibit 3.6 Line Runner Rates for Cable Systems
• Exhibit 3.7 @Home Network Architecture
• Exhibit 3.8 Continental Cablevision Boston College Network
• Exhibit 3.9 Telephone Company Internet Access Initiatives
• Exhibit 3.10 Telephone Company Trials of High-speed Data Services
• Exhibit 3.11 US West !NTERACT Trial of High-Speed Internet Access
• Exhibit 3.12 International Trials of High-Speed Access Technologies
• Exhibit 4.1 Estimated ADSL Transceiver Costs
• Exhibit 5.1 U.S. Residential Internet Users by Access Method, 1996-2005
• Exhibit 5.2 Cable Television Industry Revenues from High-Speed Internet Access Service
• Exhibit 5.3 Telco Revenues from xDSL-based Internet Access
• Exhibit 5.4 Telco Revenues from Cable Modem Internet Access Services
• Exhibit 5.5 Cable Modem Market Summary, 1996-2005
• Exhibit 5.6 Deployment of xDSL Systems for High-Speed Internet Access
• Exhibit 6.0 Current Cable Modem Vendors
• Exhibit 6.1 HFC-2000 Broadband Access System
• Exhibit 6.2 Com21 ComUNITY Architecture
• Exhibit 6.3 Technical Specifications FPN-3000
• Exhibit 6.4 Hybrid Networks System Architecture
• Exhibit 6.5 Intel CablePort Architecture
• Exhibit 6.6 LANCity Cable Modem Products
• Exhibit 6.7 Motorola Contracts
• Exhibit 6.8 Motorola CableComm Architecture
• Exhibit 6.9 Phasecom Cable Modem Summary
• Exhibit 6.10 West End Equipment in Residential/Small Business Deployments
• Exhibit 6.11 Amati Overture Product Specifications