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) technology. Even in 1999, there was still a good deal of debate over whether or not Ethernet was the way that carrier networks could, or should envision their future. Then, in November of 2000 , an energetic and imaginative engineer named Howard Frazier spearheaded formation of the components, and helped to shed light on specific operational challenges that EFM would need to solve if it were to successfully enable widespread commercial rollout. The Working Group was subsequently chartered by IEEE as the IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile Task Force and officially tasked with defining the formal technical details for implementing the ETTH concept, now renamed Ethernet In The First Mile (EFM). In June 2004, the Task Force completed its work in the form of IEEE Std 802.3ah-2004 , which "Defines 802.3 Media Access Control (MAC) parameters and minimal augmentation of the MAC operation, physical layer specifications, and management parameters for the transfer of 802.3 format frames in subscriber access networks at operating speeds within the scope of the current IEEE Std 802.3 and approved new projects" (IEEE). Thirteen years after the birth of ETTH, it was the publication of the 802.3ah Standard, that ultimately validated the concept as not just a viable theoretical solution, but the inevitable reality for the future of residential communications networks. Today, cable and telephone carriers are rapidly moving toward providing Ethernet Everywhere. Ethernet is increasingly used to move all kinds of media within homes, as well as between businesses. Even AT&T , once the epitome of the circuit switched world, has wrapped itself in a new packet switched identity, since being acquired by SBC in 2006. In this way, ETTH is an important and notable historical link in a long chain of evolving telecommunications standards and methods. ETTH TIMELINE
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