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Innovative model brings Fiber to rural Vermont: Innovative model brings fiber to rural VermontDownside to living in the BooniesPeople who choose to live out in the middle of nowhere should expect limited utility services. It is expensive for Telcos and Cable Companies and other utilities to provide the infrastructure for their services to a smattering of...; Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, fiber, Innovative model, broadband; Discussion threads 2008-04-14
Innovative model brings Fiber to rural Vermont: I recently moved even farther out in the sticks of rural Massachusetts. We're far enough out that DSL service to the area preceded our arrival by about 2 weeks. When we had DSL installed, the tech pointed out that I should actually be getting close to 3.5MBps since...; Tags: Fiber, Network Technology, Networking, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-04-14
Free On-Demand Webcast: How to Perform Advanced Fiber Troubleshooting using an OTDR: An Optical Time Domain Reflectometer OTDR is an important instrument used by organizations to certify the performance of new fiber links and detect problems with existing fiber links. New technology has enabled a wide range of automatic capability in today's OTDRs. However, understanding OTDR traces and how...; Tags: Performance, On-demand, Fluke Networks, Fiber, Optical Time Domain Reflectometer, Network Technology, Performance Management, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Webcasts 2008-04-01
Globalization's roots in the boom 90s: I've always wanted to read Thomas L. Friedman's "The World is Flat," a book that describes the globalization forces that have shaped the first decade of the 21st century, and in Friedman's mind, constitutes version 3.0 of a globalization wave that will be more intense - and move faster - than...; Tags: Outsource, Telecommunications, Worker, Computer, Fiber, Thomas L. Friedman, Globalization, Outsourcing, Productivity, Strategy, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, John Carroll; Blog posts 2008-03-21
Google makes its infrastructure move; Buys chunk of Trans-Pacific undersea cable: Google on Tuesday announced that it is part of a consortium of six companies building a high-bandwidth undersea cable connecting the U.S. and Japan. In a statement, Google said cable will cost about $300 million and give Google access to capacity of 7.68 terabits per second Tbps....; Tags: Google Inc., Fiber, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-26

Nanotechnology-based self-cleaning fabrics: A recent American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac briefly describes how Australian researchers have used nanotechnology to develop 'self-cleaning' wool and silk fabrics (scroll to article #4 in the PressPac). The researchers 'prepared wool fabrics with and without a nanoparticle coating composed of anatase titanium dioxide, a substance that is known...; Tags: Silk, American Chemical Society, Fabric, Fiber, Nanotechnology, Network Technology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Networking, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-02-12
Richard Clarke on recent Mideast cable outages: I just happened to be reading Breakpoint by Richard Clarke last week. The premise for the book is that the US finds itself undergoing a series of attacks on its infrastructure starting with simultaneous bombings of several beach heads for the main trans-Atlantic fiber cables as well as undersea cuttings...; Tags: Richard Clarke, Outage, Oracle Real Application Cluster, Fiber, Mideast, Cable Outage, Breakpoint, Threatchaos, Cable, Network Technology, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-06
A camera in a pill to detect cancer: This is not the first time that the idea of swallowing a pill with a camera inside to detect early signs of cancer has been tried read this article for example. But now, researchers at the University of Washington UW have developed a device specifically designed to detect esophageal cancer,...; Tags: Device, University Of Washington, Resolution, Pill, Image, Camera, Cancer, Fiber, UW, Casing, Endoscope, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-01-25
OMSTPB - Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP) Basic Training v8.0: View Available Dates and LocationsIn this intense course, you'll get the skills necessary to deploy a Multiservice Transport Platform MSTP network, including fiber-cleaning techniques, fiber test requirements, and node turn-up. Learn to deploy different dense wavelength-division multiplexing DWDM topologies using Cisco Transport Planner CTP to provision...; Tags: Global Knowledge Network Inc., Network, DWDM, Training, Cisco Systems Inc., Fiber, Optical Networking, Networking; Training 2008-01-01
How Cisco IT Used CWDM to Interconnect Japanese Data Center Sites: Although a dedicated data center appeared to be a good solution, the cost of providing reliable connectivity between the data center and the two sales offices seemed prohibitive. To provide an acceptable level of reliability and redundancy, a circuit would be needed from the data center to Akasaka, from Akasaka...; Tags: Data Center, CWDM, Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Fiber, CWDM Technology, Data Centers, Optical Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Networking; Case studies 2007-12-17
New oil-repelling material from MIT: MIT researchers have developed flexible surface coatings that repel oils. According to the research team, this is the first material able to do it. They say that these findings could have applications in aviation, space travel and hazardous waste cleanup. Their oil-repelling, or 'oleophobic' material, is using specially prepared microfibers,...; Tags: Surface, Droplet, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Polymer, Molecule, Fiber, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-12-09
Verizon offers new FiOS speeds: What do you do with 20 Mbps upstream?: Verizon on Tuesday announced a new FiOS service that offers 20 megabits per second downloads and uploads. I have no clue what I would do with 20 Mbps upload speeds. I can't even comprehend it given the best I've seen is the 2 Mbps upstream I have now. ...; Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Mbps, Fiber, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-10-23
Making unnecessary choices: Robin Harris' post on whether flash memory will ever replace disk? got me thinking about the false dichotomies we often see in IT. Robin's answer is "never." He's right, because that's the wrong question. The flash vs. drives question reminds me of the wi-fi vs fiber...; Tags: Disk, Fiber, Robin, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Network Technology, Wireless, Networking, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-09-21
True failure: Gun kills Internet Fiber: Without doubt, this wins the bizarre failure of the week award. Network World reports Internet slowdowns because someone shot a cable located near Cleveland:TeliaSonera, which lost the northern leg of its U.S. network to the cut, said that the outage began around 7 p.m. Pacific Time on Sunday night. When...; Tags: Internet, Outage, Cable, Fiber, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2007-08-21
Soy and Isoflavones (exe): Soybeans and other legumes are excellent sources of fiber. An average serving of cooked dry beans contains about 10 grams of fiber. Whole soybeans and foods made from them, such as soy flour, textured soy protein also known as TVP and tempeh, are extremely rich in fiber. However, some soy...; Tags: Fiber, Network Technology, Networking; Software downloads 2007-07-18
FiOS - Verizon's long-term vision to the 10 gigabit home: FiOS - Verizon's long-term vision to the 10 gigabit homeNo real differenceBoth of them lock you into using their "preferred" ISP (Microsoft, last time I looked) and filter IP traffic. Neither offers any better bandwidth than is currently available on a pure ADSL connection once you subtract the...; Tags: Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, irony, vision, Verizon Communications Inc., cable, Fios, fiber; Discussion threads 2007-07-09
FiOS - Verizon's long-term vision to the 10+ gigabit home: As the computer and Internet revolution blooms, the one thing that is lagging behind is broadband connectivity. There's no question that the future of long-range high-speed telecommunication is Fiber, but different companies are taking different approaches. While AT&T is going to try and install fiber to within a mile of...; Tags: VoIP, Technology policy, News, Networking, Infrastructure, Consumer electronics; Blog posts 2007-07-09
High Fiber Diet (exe): Fiber falls into two general categories: water-soluble (found mostly in oats, fruit, and legumes) and water-insoluble found mostly in grains and vegetables. As each type of fiber has different benefits, most people on high-fiber diets are advised to increase their intake of foods that feature both soluble and insoluble fiber....; Tags: Fiber, Network Technology, Networking; Software downloads 2007-06-27
Canon's FSO laser beam uplink: Canon's FSO laser beam uplinkKid in a Candy StoreThis stuff is cool.Hope you are having fun--a good read.Laser LinksStrikes me as another solution looking for a problem. 1000 meters well less than a mile only useful in good weather? Sure maybe it would be handy on occasion but not something...; Tags: Network technology, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Canon Inc., FSO, fiber, Fog, laser; Discussion threads 2007-05-23
Nanotechnology on the catwalk: This event didnt take place in Paris or Milano, but at Cornell University during their Cornell Design League fashion show on April 21. Its now official: "nanotechnology has entered the fashion world." Fashion designers and fiber scientists have unified their efforts at Cornell to show a two-toned gold dress and...; Tags: Nanotechnology, Leisure, Engineering &, Innovation; Blog posts 2007-05-03