11.6 FACTORS AFFECTING DEPLOYMENTS
The different scenarios for near-term video-service opportunities can shift the band-
width requirement per household by tens of megabits per second. There are other
variables that will affect the decision as to how far to take the fiber, or to what extent
the fiber and optoelectronic facilities are to be shared among multiple subscribers.
The regulatory factors mentioned previously, especially the rules concerning
unbundling are critical. Even when there are no concerns that an operator must
share its broadband facilities with competitors, there can still be concerns about
competitors using other technologies, such as CATV operators with HFC net-
works. In this case, the competitors might capture some of the available ...