400 mbps Rural Broadband & Urban over Copper Telephone Lines using DSL Rings® (DSLR)
Genesis Technical Systems Corp (GTS) http://www.genesistechsys.com of Calgary,
Canada developer of the patent pending DSL Rings® Technology (DSLR),
successfully demonstrated its BDR proof of concept at the Broadband World Forum in Berlin,
Germany in October 2007 and at the MINT Lab in conjunction with TR Labs "Building the Next
Generation Internet Network Workshop" in Edmonton, Canada in November 2007
High quality television over copper telephone lines can be a reality for Telcos using DSL
Rings®. Bandwidths of up to 400 megabits per second - at a cost much lower than fiber - are
achievable using BDR. This wil al ow Telcos to compete head-to-head with cable companies at a
price point that is attractive to consumers and very profitable for Telcos.
BDR wil give Telcos a competitive advantage in rural broadband and urban markets. BDR
delivers speeds faster than cable (see graph on following page). BDR wil give Telcos a better
ROI and is more environmental y friendly that fiber.
There were an estimated 1.25 bil ion copper phone lines in service worldwide in 2005. North
American Telcos are losing 10 percent of their copper telephone line customers to cable
competitors each year. DSL Rings® from GTS wil be able to reverse these losses by
providing economical high bandwidth service to rural broadband and urban customers wherever
there are existing copper telephone lines.
With BDR's "complete Telco solution" (rural broadband and urban) Telcos can generate
substantial new value from their existing copper telephone lines without the massive investment
needed for fiber which is only a partial solution. Return on investment for Telcos using BDR can
be about one year in rural and urban areas compared to 10+ years for fiber deployment in urban
areas only.
"GTS's BDR solution provides Quality of Service (QoS) which creates a new paradigm in telecom
service delivery in such an economical way that it can be applied throughout a Telco's entire rural
and urban network," stated Stephen Cooke, inventor of BDR. "Also, because BDR reuses a
Telco's existing copper telephone lines it is more environmental y friendly than fiber as there is no
digging to instal it and it can be used for automated meter reading by Utilities."
With BDR Telcos can provide customers high quality premium services that exceed what cable
offers. This wil enhance the Telco customer's experience and also al ow Telcos to charge for
premium services. Examples of some of the premium services Telcos will be able to offer with
BDR include Internet gaming, home security and medical monitoring, home network management
and automated meter reading for utilities as well as HDTV, IPTV and higher bandwidth
broadband Internet access for faster uploads and downloads.
DSL Rings® from GTS combines DSL and Resilient Packet Rings (RPR) to provide
greater bandwidth and higher quality services to the consumer. "It utilizes two very familiar and
successful technologies and is completely pay-as-you-go, eliminating the huge early investment
required by fiber-to-the-premises networks," "It reuses the existing wireline network infrastructure
to provide a 400 Mbps Resilient Packet Ring." stated James Heath, Director of Broadband
Research at Dittberner Associates www.dittberner.com .
GTS successful y demonstrated its BDR proof of concept at the Broadband World Forum in
Berlin, Germany http://www.iec.org/events/2007/bbwf/exhibition/hot_technologies.html in
October 2007 and at the MINT Lab in conjunction with TR Labs Building the Next Generation
Internet Network Workshop http://trlabs.ca/trlabs/about/events/ngiwkshp_11092007.html in
Edmonton, Canada in November 2007.
For more information contact: http://www.genesistechsys.com
Garry Kelman, CEO Tel 1-403-560-5390; Email garry.kelman@genesistechsys.com
Doug McArthur, Media Tel 1-403-616-2209; Email doug.mcarthur@genesistechsys.com