In the previous post I have introduced the concept of a NeTU , P-apps and VLAN’s to improve the use of Broadband as a Utility.
The slide shows the concept of the architecture.
I guess not everybody knows that this virtualization of the access line is common practice. In a triple play package (Internet, VoIP, IP-TV) all services are run over separate ”channels”, virtual access lines created within the boundaries of the maximum access bandwidth.
(Some operators run VoIP over the top, however, but that’s beside the point).
The technology and the implementation may differ: in a DOCSIS cable network it is implemented in its particular incarnation, not being a VLAN, but the principle is the same.
The proposed concept just takes it one step further: why not allow more virtualization within the abundance of the access line and combine it with a NeTU and P-apps that make life easy for the consumer and allow for separate billing?
You could even imagine virtualization of voice, Internet access and IP-TV in separate P-apps.
Gives you the freedom to select packages or combine individual selections, have multiple subscriptions (TV) in parallel.
A marketeers dream…
