[afnog] XLAT646 deployment

[Mark Tinka]

On 7/4/21 23:24, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote:

> The problem of the CPE vendors, for wireline, is that they don't want to provide updated firmware, they want to sell you a new CPE, which makes sense because you will get Gigabit ports, WiFi6, etc., etc. The good news is that they will provide new CPEs with low volume, even just for a few thousands per year.

The jump between xDSL variants, and from xDSL to Ethernet, and from 
Fast-E to Gig-E, made sense for rolling out CPE every year.

But between Gig-E and 802.11ac|ax, there isn't going to be much appetite 
for getting customers to buy CPE every year. It's kind of like buying 
new phones every year just to get a better camera, type-thing.

The CPE vendors that realize this will be the ones that survive the longest.

Mark.