Cross Telephone reaches beyond the telephone with Triple play servicesCross Telephone had been experiencing an increase in subscriber access terminations in conjunction with a decrease in qualified reimbursements from the federal Universal Service high cost fund (USF). With 1,500 miles of fiber already feeding its 13 Central Offices (COs) and 52 Digital Loop Concentrators (DLCs), Cross wished to leverage the existing ATM-based network to cost-effectively deliver next-generation voice and data broadband services.
The company also needed to satisfy subscriber demand for the latest digital cable services such as High Definition TV (HDTV) and Video on Demand (VoD), without being required to drop significant amounts of CAT 5 cables to customers’ homes. PDF Cross Case Study.pdf |