Fast Net Futures 2005: Broadband in the video age
March 7 - 9, 2005

Fast Net Futures is co-located with VON, exploring specifically the access technologies and business models in delivering broadband. And as Jim Louderback from Ziff Davis says… “This show rocks!”

See the future of broadband, today!
Previous Fast Net Futures [FNF] have accurately foretold the future. John Cioffi predicted VDSL would reach 100 Mbps [2003]; and Ikanos and Metalink made headlines with the world's first demonstration of working 100 meg VDSL chips [2004].

FNF in 2005 will bring the future in to focus. - Tuesday focuses on exciting new access technologies, and Wednesday on the video that will run over them.

This event is for CEO's, CTO's, and everyone with a role making major decisions in telcos, service providers, cable and video providers - and their suppliers.

Dave Burstein, conference chair, has chosen 30 of the best speakers in the business - people with original ideas, major accomplishments, and the ability to excite an audience.

Speakers include:

John Cioffi, Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Stanford University; Jim Louderback, Editor in Chief Ziff-Davis Media; Glen Campbell, Merrill Lynch; Nikos Theodosopoulos, UBS; Anton Wahlman, Needham.

Plus senior executives from Microsoft, Verizon, Qwest, Comcast, Bell Canada, Texas Instruments and many more

You will learn:

Competitor activity - Who's pulling ahead and why? What choices have Comcast, Verizon, NTT, Korea Telecom, SBC and Qwest made, and what can you learn from them?

How to do video better than your competition: "What you want to watch, when you want to watch it" is the goal. Getting there requires re-engineering the network for individual programs when customers choose. Plus how to work with Hollywood to get what you need, plus breakthroughs in offering local programming without a large budget.

Eye-opening ideas: Including betting games, mature content as key profit centers, video games to drive demand and better human engineering as key cost-cutter.

Which technology choices?: Advancing cable to 100 megabits. GPON vs. GEPON vs. EFM fiber. VDSL2 - when, and why you'll upgrade. Plus reliability to end video dropouts, compression both today and 2 years from now, open home gateways, and managed home networks.