* Ethernet in the carrier realm
Ethernet turned 30 recently and for an “old” technology it’s doing pretty well for itself. This week’s Special Focus author (Jim Duffy, jduffy@nww.com) takes a look at Ethernet and an area of growth it’s forefathers likely didn’t dream of when they invented the technology: the carrier realm.
Ethernet turned 30 recently and for an “old” technology it’s doing pretty well for itself.jduffy@nww.com) takes a look at Ethernet and an area of growth it’s forefathers likely didn’t dream of when they invented the technology: the carrier realm.
This week’s Special Focus author (Jim Duffy,
For example, in the MAN market, worldwide Ethernet equipment revenue hit $2.5 billion last year, and is projected to grow 131% to $5.7 billion by 2006, according to Infonetics Research. Worldwide metropolitan Ethernet equipment ports reached 756,000 in 2002 and will more than triple to 3.3 million by 2006, according to the firm.
Compared to SONET, Ethernet will account for a larger portion of carriers’ capital expenditures for the MAN, Infonetics predicts. Infonetics co-founder and principal analyst Michael Howard predicts that Ethernet will “take over the metro” in the next 10 years.
According to Duffy’s article, it really wasn’t until the emergence of metropolitan Ethernet providers – such as Cogent, Telseon and Yipes – in the mid- to late-1990s that regional Bell operating companies, incumbent local exchange carriers and interexchange carriers felt compelled to offer Ethernet as a faster and more widely available service. AT&T, Bell-South, Qwest, SBC and Verizon are currently offering Gigabit Ethernet services either throughout or in select areas of their coverage territories.
There’s lots more information about this topic in Duffy’s story. Read it at: https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0623specialfocus.html
