[c-nsp] Triple Play restrictions ?????

[Ian Henderson]

On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Karim Abdel Moneim wrote:

> Was trying to qualify if our core network supports Triple Play services
> implementation or not and found many documents confirming that the
> access layer has to be IP based DSLAMs. This means that ATM and TDM
> DSLAMs - ISP edge devices - has to be replaced to be able to support
> Triple Play services. Was wondering why is it a must to have IP based
> access layer and why can't I use the TDM and ATM DSLAMs (access layer)
> already deployed ???

The lack of multicast would be a big downer to non-IP based DSLAMs (or
more correctly, non-Ethernet based DSLAMs).

Rgds,



- I.

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Ian Henderson CCNA, CCNP
Senior Network Engineer, Chime Communications