Get to Fast, Faster

As service providers face rapidly increasing bandwidth demand from consumers, businesses and governments, they’re recognizing they need immediate access to faster speeds.

New technologies, such as VDSL 2 Vectoring and VDSL2 Bonding accelerate the existing copper plant to help service providers get to fast, faster.

This paper explores VDSL2 Vectoring and VDSL2 Bonding technology and the benefits they deliver. It compares the speed gains and investment requirements of these innovations with other technology options. And it provides a complete overview of the requirements for swift and successful deployments based on Alcatel-Lucent real-world experience.

The Need for Speed
Video delivered on multiple screens in the home is driving access bandwidth requirements to new levels. The number of screens in the home is on the increase.

At the same time, cloud services, video conferencing and other bandwidth-intensive services are driving businesses’ bandwidth requirements. In addition, governments see universal broadband as a priority for social-economic development and as critical infrastructure for services such as e-healthcare and e-learning.

To attract and retain customers and compete with other providers, service providers need to:

• Offer attractive service packages that reliably deliver much higher bandwidth to the home.
• Provide businesses with high upload and download speeds.
• Help governments achieve national broadband targets.