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Now available on www.telecoms-intelligence.com -=20
The Telecommunications Technology Handbook=20
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The Telecommunications Technology handbook describes, in layman's terms, =
new
technologies that form the basis of telecommunications applications. The
handbook is aimed at senior management and marketing and sales =
management.
Over 200 technologies and applications are covered in 35 chapters. =
Approx no
of pages: 244.

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Table Of Contents:

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY=20
1.1 Introduction=20


2. KEY CONCEPTS=20
2.1 Communication, signals and data=20
2.1.1 Light and sound=20
2.2 Analogue electronics=20
2.3 Digital conversion=20
2.4 Audio storage=20
2.5 Binary numbers=20
2.6 ASCII text=20
2.7 The pace of electronic technology development=20
2.8 Types of communication system=20
2.8.1 Basic communication principles=20
2.8.2 Basic characteristics of communication technologies=20
2.8.3 Analogue and digital=20
2.8.4 Analogue vs digital=20
2.9 The OSI layered model of networks and applications=20
2.9.1 Distributed information system=20
2.9.2 Purpose of OSI=20
2.9.3 Functions and examples=20
2.9.4 How the model works=20
2.10 The increasing importance of the Internet=20
2.10.1 From smoke signals to Internet=20
2.10.2 New foundation for future systems=20
2.10.3 The importance of the Internet=20


3. LONG DISTANCE AND GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES=20
3.1 Fibre, WDM, Satellite, Microwave=20
3.1.1 Historical perspective=20
3.1.2 Optical fibre links=20
3.1.3 Geostationary satellites for telecommunications=20
3.1.4 Microwave links=20
3.1.5 Reliability and security=20
3.2 SDH, SONET, RPR, GMPLS=20
3.2.1 SDH / SONET fibre optic links=20
3.2.2 SDH/SONET data rates=20
3.2.3 Optical switching and GMPLS=20


4. LAST MILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES=20
4.1 Twisted Pair, POTS, ISDN=20
4.1.1 Introduction and historical perspective=20
4.1.2 Twisted Pair Copper=20
4.1.3 Competing technologies=20
4.1.4 Twisted pair copper for analogue telephony=20
4.2 Analogue telephones, modems and fax machines=20
4.2.1 Analogue telephone=20
4.2.2 Modem=20
4.2.3 Modem standards=20
4.3 Twisted pair copper for ISDN=20
4.3.1 Basic rate ISDN=20
4.3.2 Primary rate ISDN and HDSL=20
4.3.3 ISDN historical overview=20
4.4 Fibre, FTTH, PON, Metro Ethernet=20
4.4.1 Introduction=20
4.5 Fibre-to-the-Home - FTTH=20
4.5.1 History and general characteristics=20
4.5.2 FTTH advantages=20
4.5.3 FTTH disadvantages=20
4.5.4 Market predictions=20
4.6 Air-blown Fibre=20
4.6.1 Short-distance technology=20
4.6.2 First mile solution=20
4.6.3 Efficient technology=20
4.7 Passive Optical Networks - PON=20
4.7.1 B-PON, E-PON and G-PON=20
4.7.2 Latest developments=20
4.7.3 Metro Ethernet=20
4.7.4 More than Internet access=20
4.7.5 E-Line Ethernet Line Service=20
4.7.6 E-LAN Ethernet LAN Service=20
4.7.7 Metro Ethernet goals and challenges=20
4.8 Fibre installation challenges=20
4.8.1 Fibre bend radius=20
4.9 xDSL=20
4.9.1 Common characteristics of XDSL=20
4.9.2 ADSL=20
4.9.3 ADSL technical standards=20
4.9.4 Comparing ADSL and HFC=20
4.10 Symmetrical DSL=20
4.10.1 ADSL=20
4.10.2 ReachDSL=20
4.10.3 Comparison with other technologies=20
4.10.4 DSLAM=20
4.10.5 T1 and E1=20
4.10.6 BR-ISDN and IDSL=20
4.10.7 HDSL=20
4.10.8 SDSL=20
4.10.9 SHDSL G.991.2=20
4.10.10 Voice over broadband=20
4.10.11 Latency and delay=20
4.11 VoDSL =96 Voice over DSL=20
4.11.1 Limitations=20
4.11.2 Voice traffic in ATM cells=20
4.11.3 VoDSL standards=20
4.11.4 Comparison algorithms=20
4.11.5 CVoDSL - Channelised Voice over DSL=20
4.12 Fibre to the Curb =96 FTTC and VDSL=20
4.12.1 Complex Optical Network Unit=20
4.12.2 FTTB, FTTN and Switched Digital Video=20
4.12.3 Shorter distances=20
4.12.4 Bandwidth for more services=20
4.12.5 Marconi=92s TransACT FTTC system=20
4.12.6 Comparison with ADSL, HFC and FTTC=20
4.12.7 VDSL standards confusion and futures=20
4.12.8 VDSL in Asia and China=20
4.13 Hybrid Fibre Coaxial cable =96 Data Over Cable=20
4.13.1 General characteristics=20
4.13.2 Large-scale deployment=20
4.13.3 HFC=92s stringent design and maintenance requirements=20
4.14 Free Space Optical=20
4.14.1 802.11 Microwave links using unlicensed spectrum=20
4.14.2 LMDS microwave systems=20
4.14.3 Stratospheric or high altitude stations=20
4.15 WiFi, LMDS, Stratospheric=20
4.15.1 Free Space Optical Communications=20
4.15.2 Conclusion=20


5. THE TELEPHONE NETWORK AND VOICE CALLS=20
5.1 Network and calls=20
5.1.1 Introduction and historical perspective=20
5.1.2 A circuit-switched network=20
5.1.3 Voice calls=20
5.1.4 Telephone exchanges=20
5.2 Equipment, New Developments=20
5.2.1 Signalling system no. 7 - SS7=20
5.2.2 The Intelligent Network=20
5.2.3 CLASS services=20
5.2.4 PABXs and key systems=20
5.2.5 Payphones=20
5.2.6 Centrex services=20
5.2.7 CTI - Computer Telephony Integration=20
5.2.8 Number portability=20


6. DATA=20
6.1 Introduction=20
6.1.1 ISDN primarily for voice, not data=20
6.1.2 Technologies for data communications=20
6.1.3 Voice to be carried as packets in the future=20
6.2 Frame relay=20
6.2.1 Introduction=20
6.2.2 Switching packets and cells=20
6.2.3 Permanent and Switched Virtual Circuits =96 PVCs and SVCs=20
6.2.4 Applications and futures=20
6.3 Networks within buildings=20
6.3.1 Introduction=20
6.3.2 Ethernet and IEEE 802.3=20
6.3.3 Token Ring=20
6.3.4 FDDI =96 Fibre-Distributed Data Interface=20
6.3.5 ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode=20
6.3.6 Wireless LANs=20
6.4 ATM=20
6.4.1 Introduction=20
6.4.2 Cell switching in hardware=20
6.4.3 Distinguishing characteristics of ATM=20
6.4.4 Applications and futures=20
6.4.5 ATM for LAN=20
6.4.6 Conclusion=20
6.5 QoS=20
6.5.1 Introduction and terminology=20
6.5.2 One network for all purposes=20
6.6 MPLS=20
6.6.1 MPLS Principles=20
6.6.2 MPLS + Ethernet=20
6.6.3 The MPLS Label=20
6.6.4 Edge and core devices=20
6.6.5 Stacked or nested labels=20
6.6.6 QoS characteristics=20
6.6.7 Virtual Circuits and virtual LANs=20
6.6.8 Draft-Martini and beyond=20
6.7 Conclusion=20


7. INTERNET=20
7.1 Overview=20
7.1.1 Introduction=20
7.1.2 Conclusion=20
7.2 TCP, UDP=20
7.2.1 Introduction=20
7.2.2 UDP, TCP packets=20
7.2.3 IP Addresses=20
7.2.4 Upgrading to IPv6=20
7.3 Web browsing, Routing and Flexibility=20
7.3.1 A Web browsing example of TCP and HTTP=20
7.3.2 Routing, speed and reliability=20
7.3.3 Flexibility and contrasts with the phone system=20
7.4 The Domain Name System=20
7.4.1 Text names and IP addresses=20
7.4.2 Name servers=20
7.4.3 Example of a primary name server=20
7.4.4 Sub-domains=20
7.4.5 Top Level Domains=20
7.4.6 Registering a Domain Name=20
7.4.7 DNS in action =96 translating a name into an IP address=20
7.5 Applications and protocols=20
7.5.1 Introduction=20
7.5.2 Usenet =91newsgroups=92 =96 NNTP=20
7.5.3 IRC =96 Internet relay chat=20
7.5.4 Network File System =96 NFS=20
7.5.5 Windows networking =96 SMB, CIFS and SAMBA=20
7.5.6 Virtual Private Networks =96 VPNs=20
7.6 E-mail=20
7.6.1 Clients and servers=20
7.6.2 Simple Mail Transport Protocol =96 SMTP=20
7.6.3 Security limitations of SMTP=20
7.6.4 Encryption for security and authentication=20
7.6.5 Protocols for retrieving E-mails=20
7.6.6 Attachments=20
7.6.7 Operational guidelines and plain-text formats=20
7.6.8 E-mail discussion lists=20
7.7 HTTP and HTTPS=20
7.7.1 HTTP and FTP=20
7.7.2 Secure HTTPS=20
7.8 Telephony and Voice over IP=20
7.8.1 VoIP=20
7.8.2 Internet telephony=20
7.8.3 VoIP on private networks=20
7.8.4 Comparing the Internet and the telephone network=20
7.9 Search engines and Directories=20
7.9.1 Introduction=20
7.9.2 Web Directories=20
7.9.3 Search engines=20
7.10 Streaming media=20
7.10.1 Streaming video and audio=20
7.10.2 Unidirectional and bidirectional streaming=20
7.10.3 Video on demand and bandwidth restrictions=20
7.10.4 Open-standard streaming systems=20
7.10.5 Proprietary streaming systems=20
7.10.6 File download vs server streaming=20
7.10.7 Commercial aspects of proprietary systems=20


8. WIRELESS BROADBAND=20
8.1 Introduction=20
8.1.1 Future needs=20
8.2 Mobile-based technologies=20
8.2.1 Fixed/mobile telephone substitution=20
8.2.2 GPRS/3G=20
8.3 Fixed wireless technologies=20
8.3.1 Introduction=20
8.3.2 Bypassing the fixed network bottleneck=20
8.3.3 Fixed wireless broadband advantages=20
8.4 Local Multipoint Distribution Services (LMDS)=20
8.4.1 Introduction=20
8.4.2 Technology=20
8.4.3 Analysis=20
8.4.4 Market statistics=20
8.5 Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System (MMDS)=20
8.6 Industry boost for MMDS and LMDS=20
8.7 Digital TV=20


9. GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS=20
Exhibit 1 =96 OSI layered model: a Web-browsing example=20
Exhibit 2 =96 Comparison of ADSL and HFC systems=20
Exhibit 3 =96 CLASS services=20
Exhibit 4 =96 An 8 address TCP/IP subnet=20
Exhibit 5 =96 Traceroute of Routers between Melbourne and Iceland=20
Exhibit 6 =96 Generic Top Level Domains=20
Exhibit 7 =96 Australian Second Level Domains=20
Exhibit 8 =96 Contrasts between the telephone network and the Internet=20
Exhibit 9 =96 Estimated hours per month spent with major search engines=20
Exhibit 10 =96 Add URL pages for major search engines=20
Exhibit 11 =96 Adoption of digital broadband technologies=20
Exhibit 12 =96 Comparison of access platforms=92 advantages and =
disadvantages=20


Table 1 - SDH and SONET Data Rates=20
Table 2 - Virtual concatenation base container approximate bandwidths=20
Table 3 =96 HDSL reach and wire gauge=20
Table 4 =96 VDSL data rates and distances=20
Table 5 =96 LMDS bundling market opportunities=20

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<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><FONT size=3D2><STRONG>1. =
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Communication, signals and data <BR>2.1.1 Light and sound <BR>2.2 =
Analogue=20
electronics <BR>2.3 Digital conversion <BR>2.4 Audio storage <BR>2.5 =
Binary=20
numbers <BR>2.6 ASCII text <BR>2.7 The pace of electronic technology =
development=20
<BR>2.8 Types of communication system <BR>2.8.1 Basic communication =
principles=20
<BR>2.8.2 Basic characteristics of communication technologies <BR>2.8.3 =
Analogue=20
and digital <BR>2.8.4 Analogue vs digital <BR>2.9 The OSI layered model =
of=20
networks and applications <BR>2.9.1 Distributed information system =
<BR>2.9.2=20
Purpose of OSI <BR>2.9.3 Functions and examples <BR>2.9.4 How the model =
works=20
<BR>2.10 The increasing importance of the Internet <BR>2.10.1 From smoke =
signals=20
to Internet <BR>2.10.2 New foundation for future systems <BR>2.10.3 The=20
importance of the Internet </P>
<P><BR><STRONG>3. LONG DISTANCE AND GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS =
TECHNOLOGIES=20
<BR></STRONG>3.1 Fibre, WDM, Satellite, Microwave <BR>3.1.1 Historical=20
perspective <BR>3.1.2 Optical fibre links <BR>3.1.3 Geostationary =
satellites for=20
telecommunications <BR>3.1.4 Microwave links <BR>3.1.5 Reliability and =
security=20
<BR>3.2 SDH, SONET, RPR, GMPLS <BR>3.2.1 SDH / SONET fibre optic links =
<BR>3.2.2=20
SDH/SONET data rates <BR>3.2.3 Optical switching and GMPLS </P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><BR><STRONG>4. LAST MILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS =

TECHNOLOGIES <BR></STRONG>4.1 Twisted Pair, POTS, ISDN <BR>4.1.1 =
Introduction=20
and historical perspective <BR>4.1.2 Twisted Pair Copper <BR>4.1.3 =
Competing=20
technologies <BR>4.1.4 Twisted pair copper for analogue telephony =
<BR>4.2=20
Analogue telephones, modems and fax machines <BR>4.2.1 Analogue =
telephone=20
<BR>4.2.2 Modem <BR>4.2.3 Modem standards <BR>4.3 Twisted pair copper =
for ISDN=20
<BR>4.3.1 Basic rate ISDN <BR>4.3.2 Primary rate ISDN and HDSL <BR>4.3.3 =
ISDN=20
historical overview <BR>4.4 Fibre, FTTH, PON, Metro Ethernet <BR>4.4.1=20
Introduction <BR>4.5 Fibre-to-the-Home - FTTH <BR>4.5.1 History and =
general=20
characteristics <BR>4.5.2 FTTH advantages <BR>4.5.3 FTTH disadvantages =
<BR>4.5.4=20
Market predictions <BR>4.6 Air-blown Fibre <BR>4.6.1 Short-distance =
technology=20
<BR>4.6.2 First mile solution <BR>4.6.3 Efficient technology <BR>4.7 =
Passive=20
Optical Networks - PON <BR>4.7.1 B-PON, E-PON and G-PON <BR>4.7.2 Latest =

developments <BR>4.7.3 Metro Ethernet <BR>4.7.4 More than Internet =
access=20
<BR>4.7.5 E-Line Ethernet Line Service <BR>4.7.6 E-LAN Ethernet LAN =
Service=20
<BR>4.7.7 Metro Ethernet goals and challenges <BR>4.8 Fibre installation =

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characteristics of XDSL <BR>4.9.2 ADSL <BR>4.9.3 ADSL technical =
standards=20
<BR>4.9.4 Comparing ADSL and HFC <BR>4.10 Symmetrical DSL <BR>4.10.1 =
ADSL=20
<BR>4.10.2 ReachDSL <BR>4.10.3 Comparison with other technologies =
<BR>4.10.4=20
DSLAM <BR>4.10.5 T1 and E1 <BR>4.10.6 BR-ISDN and IDSL <BR>4.10.7 HDSL=20
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<BR>4.11.4 Comparison algorithms <BR>4.11.5 CVoDSL - Channelised Voice =
over DSL=20
<BR>4.12 Fibre to the Curb =96 FTTC and VDSL <BR>4.12.1 Complex Optical =
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TransACT=20
FTTC system <BR>4.12.6 Comparison with ADSL, HFC and FTTC <BR>4.12.7 =
VDSL=20
standards confusion and futures <BR>4.12.8 VDSL in Asia and China =
<BR>4.13=20
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characteristics=20
<BR>4.13.2 Large-scale deployment <BR>4.13.3 HFC=92s stringent design =
and=20
maintenance requirements <BR>4.14 Free Space Optical <BR>4.14.1 802.11 =
Microwave=20
links using unlicensed spectrum <BR>4.14.2 LMDS microwave systems =
<BR>4.14.3=20
Stratospheric or high altitude stations <BR>4.15 WiFi, LMDS, =
Stratospheric=20
<BR>4.15.1 Free Space Optical Communications <BR>4.15.2 Conclusion </P>
<P><BR><STRONG>5. THE TELEPHONE NETWORK AND VOICE CALLS <BR></STRONG>5.1 =
Network=20
and calls <BR>5.1.1 Introduction and historical perspective <BR>5.1.2 A=20
circuit-switched network <BR>5.1.3 Voice calls <BR>5.1.4 Telephone =
exchanges=20
<BR>5.2 Equipment, New Developments <BR>5.2.1 Signalling system no. 7 - =
SS7=20
<BR>5.2.2 The Intelligent Network <BR>5.2.3 CLASS services <BR>5.2.4 =
PABXs and=20
key systems <BR>5.2.5 Payphones <BR>5.2.6 Centrex services <BR>5.2.7 CTI =
-=20
Computer Telephony Integration <BR>5.2.8 Number portability </P>
<P><BR><STRONG>6. DATA</STRONG> <BR>6.1 Introduction <BR>6.1.1 ISDN =
primarily=20
for voice, not data <BR>6.1.2 Technologies for data communications =
<BR>6.1.3=20
Voice to be carried as packets in the future <BR>6.2 Frame relay =
<BR>6.2.1=20
Introduction <BR>6.2.2 Switching packets and cells <BR>6.2.3 Permanent =
and=20
Switched Virtual Circuits =96 PVCs and SVCs <BR>6.2.4 Applications and =
futures=20
<BR>6.3 Networks within buildings <BR>6.3.1 Introduction <BR>6.3.2 =
Ethernet and=20
IEEE 802.3 <BR>6.3.3 Token Ring <BR>6.3.4 FDDI =96 Fibre-Distributed =
Data=20
Interface <BR>6.3.5 ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode <BR>6.3.6 Wireless =
LANs=20
<BR>6.4 ATM <BR>6.4.1 Introduction <BR>6.4.2 Cell switching in hardware=20
<BR>6.4.3 Distinguishing characteristics of ATM <BR>6.4.4 Applications =
and=20
futures <BR>6.4.5 ATM for LAN <BR>6.4.6 Conclusion <BR>6.5 QoS <BR>6.5.1 =

Introduction and terminology <BR>6.5.2 One network for all purposes =
<BR>6.6 MPLS=20
<BR>6.6.1 MPLS Principles <BR>6.6.2 MPLS + Ethernet <BR>6.6.3 The MPLS =
Label=20
<BR>6.6.4 Edge and core devices <BR>6.6.5 Stacked or nested labels =
<BR>6.6.6 QoS=20
characteristics <BR>6.6.7 Virtual Circuits and virtual LANs <BR>6.6.8=20
Draft-Martini and beyond <BR>6.7 Conclusion </P>
<P><BR><STRONG>7. INTERNET <BR></STRONG>7.1 Overview <BR>7.1.1 =
Introduction=20
<BR>7.1.2 Conclusion <BR>7.2 TCP, UDP <BR>7.2.1 Introduction <BR>7.2.2 =
UDP, TCP=20
packets <BR>7.2.3 IP Addresses <BR>7.2.4 Upgrading to IPv6 <BR>7.3 Web =
browsing,=20
Routing and Flexibility <BR>7.3.1 A Web browsing example of TCP and HTTP =

<BR>7.3.2 Routing, speed and reliability <BR>7.3.3 Flexibility and =
contrasts=20
with the phone system <BR>7.4 The Domain Name System <BR>7.4.1 Text =
names and IP=20
addresses <BR>7.4.2 Name servers <BR>7.4.3 Example of a primary name =
server=20
<BR>7.4.4 Sub-domains <BR>7.4.5 Top Level Domains <BR>7.4.6 Registering =
a Domain=20
Name <BR>7.4.7 DNS in action =96 translating a name into an IP address =
<BR>7.5=20
Applications and protocols <BR>7.5.1 Introduction <BR>7.5.2 Usenet =
=91newsgroups=92=20
=96 NNTP <BR>7.5.3 IRC =96 Internet relay chat <BR>7.5.4 Network File =
System =96 NFS=20
<BR>7.5.5 Windows networking =96 SMB, CIFS and SAMBA <BR>7.5.6 Virtual =
Private=20
Networks =96 VPNs <BR>7.6 E-mail <BR>7.6.1 Clients and servers <BR>7.6.2 =
Simple=20
Mail Transport Protocol =96 SMTP <BR>7.6.3 Security limitations of SMTP =
<BR>7.6.4=20
Encryption for security and authentication <BR>7.6.5 Protocols for =
retrieving=20
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formats <BR>7.6.8 E-mail discussion lists <BR>7.7 HTTP and HTTPS =
<BR>7.7.1 HTTP=20
and FTP <BR>7.7.2 Secure HTTPS <BR>7.8 Telephony and Voice over IP =
<BR>7.8.1=20
VoIP <BR>7.8.2 Internet telephony <BR>7.8.3 VoIP on private networks =
<BR>7.8.4=20
Comparing the Internet and the telephone network <BR>7.9 Search engines =
and=20
Directories <BR>7.9.1 Introduction <BR>7.9.2 Web Directories <BR>7.9.3 =
Search=20
engines <BR>7.10 Streaming media <BR>7.10.1 Streaming video and audio =
<BR>7.10.2=20
Unidirectional and bidirectional streaming <BR>7.10.3 Video on demand =
and=20
bandwidth restrictions <BR>7.10.4 Open-standard streaming systems =
<BR>7.10.5=20
Proprietary streaming systems <BR>7.10.6 File download vs server =
streaming=20
<BR>7.10.7 Commercial aspects of proprietary systems </P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><BR><STRONG>8. WIRELESS BROADBAND =
<BR></STRONG>8.1=20
Introduction <BR>8.1.1 Future needs <BR>8.2 Mobile-based technologies =
<BR>8.2.1=20
Fixed/mobile telephone substitution <BR>8.2.2 GPRS/3G <BR>8.3 Fixed =
wireless=20
technologies <BR>8.3.1 Introduction <BR>8.3.2 Bypassing the fixed =
network=20
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Multipoint Distribution Services (LMDS) <BR>8.4.1 Introduction <BR>8.4.2 =

Technology <BR>8.4.3 Analysis <BR>8.4.4 Market statistics <BR>8.5 =
Multichannel=20
Multipoint Distribution System (MMDS) <BR>8.6 Industry boost for MMDS =
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<BR>8.7 Digital TV </P>
<P><BR><STRONG>9. GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS</STRONG> <BR>Exhibit 1 =96 =
OSI layered=20
model: a Web-browsing example <BR>Exhibit 2 =96 Comparison of ADSL and =
HFC systems=20
<BR>Exhibit 3 =96 CLASS services <BR>Exhibit 4 =96 An 8 address TCP/IP =
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<BR>Exhibit 5 =96 Traceroute of Routers between Melbourne and Iceland =
<BR>Exhibit=20
6 =96 Generic Top Level Domains <BR>Exhibit 7 =96 Australian Second =
Level Domains=20
<BR>Exhibit 8 =96 Contrasts between the telephone network and the =
Internet=20
<BR>Exhibit 9 =96 Estimated hours per month spent with major search =
engines=20
<BR>Exhibit 10 =96 Add URL pages for major search engines <BR>Exhibit 11 =
=96=20
Adoption of digital broadband technologies <BR>Exhibit 12 =96 Comparison =
of access=20
platforms=92 advantages and disadvantages </P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: =
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face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><BR><FONT size=3D2>Table 1 - SDH and SONET =
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