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Edited By Greg Galitzine on October 23, 2008

It appears that the global economic malaise is not sparing the UK broadband market. In April of this year, Point-Topic predicted an additional 800,000 broadband lines would be deployed in the latter half of 2008. But now, according to Tim Johnson, chief analyst at Point Topic, those numbers are down. "We're now forecasting that only 620,000 broadband lines will be added in the second half of 2008," Johnson said. "The forecast for 2009 as a whole is 1.1 million, 200,000 down on the earlier forecast." "To keep on track Britain needed to add 390,000 broadband lines in the July to September quarter.

Testing for Optimal DSL Performance

Edited By Greg Galitzine on October 3, 2008

Earlier this week, at Broadband World Forum Europe in Brussels, Alcatel-Lucent announced that its 5530 Network Analyzer (NA) has evolved to become a single integrated testing solution for DSL-based broadband access networks. The solution features a customer care interface designed to assist service provider staff to provide immediate support when facing end-user issues, and a Dynamic Line Management (DLM) feature automatically sets DSL lines to work at optimal levels, thus delivering increased stability and service quality. Driven by increasing triple play demand from end users, DSL lines need to offer higher performance to meet the needs of customers. The 5530 gives operators greater insight into the loop quality of their DSL lines, giving them greater visibility into potential problems which can be avoided, anticipated or resolved much more quickly. For more, check out the official announcement from Alcatel-Lucent.

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