It should be with an SFP module, so that it would be possible to support FTTH, G.fast, and DOCSIS subscriptions.
Do the different operators really use a standard for their digital telephony offers?
Then it's a question of when there will exist really good OTT TV services.
SFP would be a plus offc, and future-proof too,
but it will probably up the bom if someone expects to route in wire speed.
In my case fiber is non-existent outside corporate use, and corporations usually go for the big brands.
For residential use, all providers use ADSL or VDSL over copper.
Up to 50Mbps now, up to 100Mbps later when vectoring comes into play.
Residential Digital telephony they do sip terminating at cpe, QoS via dscp, connecting at ims upstream.
iptv they do via a discrete pvc, QoS i think dscp too (not really sure on this though...).
As far as I know, all alternative ISPs here follow the above scheme cause they rent telekom's network,
so the infrastructure is in place.
Its pretty much the same thing DT does really.
I'm on the pilot program now and waiting to be connected to test things a bit.
The plan is to only provide all-ip telephony on new connections/contracts,
and (infrastructure permitting) convert most of the current pstn/isdn connections within 2-3 years.
I expect that it will create a market for suitable cpes given that it is happening simultaneously in half the EU.
I myself was looking for a suitable replacement, and found out that the options available are very limited.
Until now we managed by putting the cpe in bridge mode and using a real router downstream,
now that cip registration happens in the cpe it can't be done.
OTT content is getting there
(direct fiber to PTP solution)
