Telecommunications Essentials

The Broadband Evolution

One primary driver toward broadband is the increasing demand for information. Today's key competitive edge is two-fold: It includes both intellectual property (that is, how smart your people are) and the ability to develop and sustain relationships well. To perform well in both these aspects, you need an ongoing stream of the latest information with which to build your knowledge base and, in an attempt to remain competitive and to grow, it is important that you create an infrastructure that encourages fast and effective knowledge exchange.

Another driver toward broadband is the shifting traffic patterns we're now seeing. This chapter looks at which of the traffic types are becoming dominant on the network and what that ...