One of my main goals at RIITA was to find a good ADSL 2 test set but only saw 1 and it was very basic. As far as the INS video project as with any thing new there are bugs to be worked out. The HD is being delivered at 7.5 meg and SD at 2.5 meg. The only STB available currently is the martini single stream. The multi stream adn DVR capable STB's are still in manufacture and testing stages. We are fiber to the node with twisted pair to the premise with all customers of 18,000 ft. of the node. As soon as I can find a meter we will begin testing different speeds and packages to get an idea of what the end user can expect.

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We are a distributer of the Occam platform and have one of their DSLAMS in at our test site.  We are able to train up at almost 15mbs at 11k ft.  We can stream five separate SD channels using a Thomson modem.  With Occam you can get DELT and SELT testing.

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Very cool!! Please tell us more about the video project. I know this is the ADSL forum, but I am curious about the INS video project.

At the RIITA expo I didn't run into any vendors with ADSL2+, but I'm sure some where there. 

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INS is working with Quative (a subsidiary of the Kudelski Group) to deliver an MPEG-4 based product that supports both SD and HD.  They are encoded using Modulus receivers and will be delivered over a GigE to the telcos.  The encryption for that product is currently using Nagravision's encryption/conditional access product.  The STB currently being tested is the "Prime" STB, more often called Martini.

There were two vendors with ADSL2+ products: Occam and Calix.

Frank

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Doug Dirks
Falcon IP/Complete
Falcon Communications
Malden MO
573-276-5169