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will be able to reuse existing video networkingand RF set-top boxes.PBT Communications in SouthCarolina, which began installing MotorolaBPON networks in greenfieldbuilds in 2005, is now deploying Motorola’sGPON solution, using the sameequipment that D&P Communicationsis using.Lincoln County Telephone System(LCTS), an independent carrierin Pioche, Nevada, will deploy Alcatel-Lucent’s Triple Play Service Delivery Architecture,including GPON and servicerouting technologies. Lincoln Countyplans to offer high-speed data, voice,video and security services, to its customersin Lincoln County. In the newtown of Coyote Springs, Nevada, LCTSwill lease capacity to Coyote Broadband,which will provide Internet, video anddata services to all residential and commercialcustomers. Coyote Springs is anew community under development 50miles northeast of Las Vegas, spanningClark County and Lincoln County.The Coyote Springs Land DevelopmentCorporation is developing golf resortsand commercial properties there, whilePardee Homes is the master residentialdeveloper. Klif Andrews, presidentof Pardee’s Southern Nevada Division,describes Coyote Springs as a “technologicallyadvanced town that will offer amodern Western lifestyle.”LCTS’ broadband access solution isbased on the Alcatel-Lucent 7342 ISAMFTTU, and the 5526 Access ManagementSystem for element management.LCTS will also deploy Alcatel-Lucent’sIP/MPLS infrastructure including the7750 Service Router, 7450 Ethernet ServiceSwitch, 5620 Service Aware Manager,and 5750 Subscriber Service Controller.Alcatel-Lucent will also provideprofessional engineering services.Update on Broadweave, the CLECthat is purchasing the municipal networkin Provo, Utah: While the closing did nottake place on July 1 as scheduled, Broadweavesays it has taken over operation ofthe system and is making payments tocover the city’s bond obligations. Duediligence is still proceeding and finalclosing is expected to occur by September1. Broadweave also announced thatit would not purchase Veracity, the serviceprovider on iProvo that it had previouslyannounced it would acquire. Thetwo companies are “working together …on iProvo’s commercial customers,” butthe details of their arrangement have notbeen finalized.CABLECOMPANIESIs Fiber a Threat or an Opportunity?#3: Fiber is the latestand greatest technology“Mythfor accessing the Internet,”says the Web site of Cox Communications,which then proceeds to debunkthat “myth.” But last month, cable industrynews media reported that Cox, one ofthe largest North American MSOs, hasissued a Request for Information for fiber-to-the-premisestechnologies includingboth RFOG (radio frequency overglass) and standards-based PON. Coxis reportedly investigating its options forproviding services in new developments.While the company declined to commenton the RFI, it said it had alreadybuilt FTTP networks for some plannedcommunities, schools and business parksthat insisted on all-fiber solutions.Some cable companies are beginningto see fiber more as an opportunity thana threat. In a third win for Motorolathis month, Ontario-based ComptonCommunications selected Motorola’sfiber-to-the-home solution forthe launch of its all-fiber network andnew commercial service offerings. Thisis the first deployment of Motorola’sGPON technology in the cable industryand in the Canadian market. ComptonCommunications will use the MotorolaAXS1800 Optical Access Platform andONT1400GT Optical Network Terminalto expand its market opportunityand join the competitive arena of ultrabroadbandcommercial service delivery.GPON gives cable companies an opportunityto target commercial applications requiringhundreds of Mbps or even 1 Gbps throughput.“Cable operators have long beenassociated with the delivery of residentialservices,” says Brendan O’Hara ofCompton Communications. “However,with the services capabilities providedby GPON, and specifically Motorola’sproven Cable PON portfolio, we havean opportunity to target commercialservice applications where hundreds ofmegabits or even gigabit throughput isrequired. It’s a new and important marketfor us with promising revenue potential.”Dr. George Simmons, Motorola’scorporate vice president and generalmanager for access network solutions,says the company has seen interest fromseveral cable companies in using GPONfor business services.Calix, another GPON leader, reportsthe same trend. Its most recentlyannounced GPON sale was to WOWInternet, Cable and Phone, the 11thlargest cable MSO in the United States,which intends to use GPON for commercialservice. Ron Mattingly, WOW’sengineering manager, says the companyhas already been providing businessservices via FTTP in several Midwesternmarkets, and that GPON offers anopportunity to improve on that servicewith more bandwidth, increased flexibilityand lower operational expenses.July 2008 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 19