[...]... applications, business considerations and technological aspects of delivering broadband services to business, public and residential users 4 Broadband Services Given the prevailing assumptions that the demand for broadband services is growing and that technology deployments will further increase the opportunities and facilitate broadband access, this book covers not only broadband technologies, but also the... economic considerations This book, Broadband Services: Business Models and Technologies for Community Networks, edited by Imrich Chlamtac, Ashwin Gumaste and Csaba A Szab´ brings together the o most important aspects of the problem – technical, legal, regulatory and economic – into one book The emerging business models and state-of-the-art technologies for broadband networks are covered by an exclusive... the state of the art in terms of user needs for broadband applications and services and the social and legal setting for its deployment and expected evolution The book starts by introducing the various applications and services available today and those expected to drive a growing demand for broadband solutions in the future Given that the deployment of these services often involves regulatory issues,... playing field for traditional telcos, cable companies and new entrants, as well as opportunities and limitations for efforts initiated and controlled by the public sector, the latter often referred to as municipality /community networks Business models for the leading approaches are introduced, analyzed and compared We look at the business limitations of the telecoms when planning broadband services and why... important access and metro area technologies that are effective, standard-based and future-proof for delivery of broadband services to the users In Part Four, Case Studies, Chapters 15 and 16 demonstrate some characteristic examples of community area networks in North America and Europe Introduction 5 Chapter 2: Broadband home/entertainment services As the title implies, this chapter deals with services wanted... fixed line subscribers, and a slightly higher number of mobile users [2] Moreover, there are huge differences among different countries, even within the OECD group Figure 1.1 shows the top 15 countries, indicating the distribution of the number of broadband subscribers per Broadband Services: Business Models and Technologies for Community Networks Edited by I Chlamtac, A Gumaste and C Szab´ C 2005 John... earlier chapters can be used and implemented in different environments 1.3 Book outline In Part One, Applications and Services, Chapters 2 and 3 deal with the applications and services the users need In Part Two, Business Models, Chapters 4 through 8 focus on the legal, regulatory and economic aspects of the development of broadband community network infrastructures and services In Part Three, Technology,... governments and, in Europe, the European Union have launched broadband initiatives, programs and projects The eEurope2005 Action Plan of the European Community bears the title: ‘An Information Society for All’ It focuses on achieving widespread availability and use of broadband Two groups of actions have been defined: one regarding stimulating service, applications and content, and the other about broadband. .. technology using PLC 16.4.3 Business models 16.4.4 The mass field trial in Zaragoza 16.5 Broadband to rural areas via satellite – the South West Broadband Programme in Ireland 16.6 Regional broadband aggregation in the UK 16.7 Summary Index xiii 260 260 262 263 264 265 267 271 273 Foreword It has been shown that there is a correlation between the broadband adoption rate and the gross national products... telemedicine and e-government services, made possible by broadband, bring real benefits to the citizens Chapter 4: Key legal and regulatory issues affecting community broadband projects in the United States Municipal or public sector providers of broadband communications networks in the United States may be subject to various federal, state and local requirements, depending on where they are located, what services . Count= 0 Broadband Services BUSINESS MODELS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMMUNITY NETWORKS Edited by Imrich Chlamtac CreateNet Research Consortium Ashwin Gumaste Fujitsu Laboratories, Dallas, USA and Csaba. Count= 0 Broadband Services BUSINESS MODELS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMMUNITY NETWORKS Edited by Imrich Chlamtac CreateNet Research Consortium Ashwin Gumaste Fujitsu Laboratories, Dallas, USA and Csaba. Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Broadband services : business models and technologies for community networks / edited by Ashwin Gumaste, Imrich Chlamtac, Csaba Szab´o. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN