Video services (initially broadcast and ultimately interactive) are essential for Communication Service Providers to retain the status of a preferred CSP of consumer services. Improvement in copper plant and continued deployment of fiber-to-home is essential to provide these services.However, equipment vendors are striving to provide a differentiating feature set, to work closely with Communication Service Provider to enable IPTV roll out, and an end-to-end solution from home networking into the core of Communications Service Provider networks.