Broadband Infrastructure Review Objective Our project Broadband Infrastructure Review has several objectives. First, we introduce broadband infrastructure in terms of different types of access technologies. Second, we apply Michael Porter's Diamond model to analyze the rather high growing broadband development in HK. Lastly, we attempt to conclude the major factors that shall be maintained or enhanced for HK to further boost its broadband development. One of the specials about our project is that we try …showed first 75 words of 5205 total…

…showed last 75 words of 5205 total…Telecommunications Act strongly favored the growth in the DSL market. The first movers were DSL-focused start-ups, also called the CLECs, such as Covad, Northpoint and Rythms. Regional Bell telephone operating companies (RBOC) then followed, such as Verizon, SBC, Qwest (formely known as USWest) and Bell South. In fact, unbundling did not deter incumbents from investing in upgrading networks (for DSL): incumbent telephone companies such as SBC Communications have heavily invested in upgrading to accommodate DSL.