WAYNE, N.J. — In a move that will have big impacts on the deployment of VDSL in the United States, and around the world, ANSI's T1E1.4 committee has opted for discrete multitone (DMT) technology over ...

Forward error correction has long been widely deployed at the physical-link layer in conjunction with advanced line-coding schemes.

But, don't be shocked if two line-coding schemes win out. And, if this happens, don't be surprised if VDSL deployments slowdown while ADSL2/2+ and FTTH deployments increase.