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- Can Australia's government really bring fiber to the home?
- Can Australia's government really bring fiber to the home?Wonderful for AustraliaJust imagine not having to deal with Comcast, and having real, actual, broadband without a fascist corporation looking at all your packets.Bass ackwardsThat said Australia?s concept?form a government-private sector joint venture and then make it totally private when the network...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Broadband Internet, Optical networking, Fiber optics, government, broadband, broadband penetration, FTTH
- Discussion threads 2009-04-07
- Can Australia's government really bring fiber to the home?
- The Australian federal government plans to build its own fiber to the home network. Renai LeMay at ZDNet AU reports that the Australian government didn't get any viable proposals from the big telecom players. Instead, the government will build its own network in partnership with the private...
- Tags: FTTH, Australia, Government, Fiber Optics, Vertical Industries, Optical Networking, Broadband Internet, Telephony, Telecommunications, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
- Fiber to the node vs. fiber to the home
- Pieter Poll, CTO of Qwest, discusses the difference between fiber to the node and fiber to the home service. He says Qwest strives to reduce homeowners' construction costs, while still bringing their customers the fastest Internet possible. by Andrew Mager
- Tags: FTTH, Qwest Communications Inc., Fiber, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Networking, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- Short clip: Qwest on fiber to the node vs. fiber to the home
- Pieter Poll, CTO of Qwest, discusses the difference between fiber to the node and fiber to the home service. He says Qwest strives to reduce homeowners' construction costs, while still bringing their customers the fastest Internet possible.
- Tags: FTTH, Qwest Communications Inc., Fiber, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Networking, Pieter Poll
- Videos 2008-10-21
- Cable Management Practices for Active Ethernet Architectures
- Industry trends indicate that an active ethernet approach to Fiber-To-The-Home FTTH deployment is rapidly gaining popularity. There are several contributing factors, but one obvious reason is the desire for additional bandwidth to provide more features to the end customer. While there can be additional costs associated with this architecture, typically...
- Tags: ADC Telecommunications Inc., FTTH, Ethernet, Cable, Network Technology, Fiber Optics, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology
- White papers 2008-07-01
- What would you do with 100 megabits to the home?
- Om Malik highlights the FTTH Council, a group that is pushing the U.S. government to adopt a 100 Megabit Nation policy by 2015. The proposal by the group notes that: There...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Web Technology, Verizon, Telecommunications, General, Broadband
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- Fiber to the Home Architectures
- The interest in deployments of Fiber To The Home FTTH is rising, particularly in Europe. Although initial FTTH deployments in Europe were mainly carried out by municipalities and utilities, large incumbent operators are starting to announce FTTH deployments. In the United States and Japan, FTTH deployments are mostly based on...
- Tags: Deployment, FTTH, Fiber, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking
- White papers 2007-01-31
- Protection Networking of Ethernet PON FTTH Access Network
- Massive deployment of FTTH fiber network causes protection to FTTH network a crucial need. Most FTTH access networks are protected from failure by having redundant network equipments. These are not economical approaches, as the redundant systems are not efficiently utilized by the network. In this paper, the authors propose a...
- Tags: Protection, Ethernet, FTTH, Microsoft Access, Network, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Broadband Internet, Networking, Telecommunications
- White papers 2007-01-11
- AT&T: We don't need fiber-to-the-home network
- AT&T: We don't need fiber-to-the-home networkMessage has been deleted.You can push a lot of data over twisted pair ... if ...the loop is short enough. And that is the secret to maximizing the efficiency of a twisted pair network. If you get the fiber trunk feeders out to...
- Tags: Network technology, INTERNET, Fiber optics, Optical networking, Broadband Internet, network, AAT, AT&T Corp., fiber, ATT, FTTH
- Discussion threads 2006-12-05
- Deploying CWDM to Overcome Bandwidth Limitations of FTTH Access Networks
- FTTH networks in North America are being built using various PON architectures fed from a common backhaul. As networks grow in terms of geographic reach, subscriber counts and the scope and number of services offered, Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing CWDM has clearly become the preferred method for increasing the bandwidth...
- Tags: FTTH, Microsoft Access, Network, CWDM, Cube Optics, Optical Networking, Fiber Optics, Networking, Telecommunications
- White papers 2006-08-30
- 5.4 mln fiber-to-the-home subscribers in Japan by March 2006
- Japan had 14.3 mln ADSL subscribers by October 2005, an increase by 564,300 since April 2005, MM Research Institute reports. The total number of subscribers to Fiber-To-The-Home FTTH reached 3.9 mln, an increased by 1.3 mln compared to March 2005. MM Research Institute forecasts the total number of broadband subscribers...
- Tags: Fiber optics, Optical networking, Broadband Internet, FTTH
- Blog posts 2005-12-30
- 2.77 mln fiber-to-the-home subscribers in Japan
- Research and Markets published the findings on Japanese broadband market: 13.67 mln accounts for DSL, 2.77 mln for FTTH, 2.96 mln for CATV Internet, and 30 thousands for FWA. Subscription to broadband access services in Japanese domestic market is forecasted to be at 22.75 mln at the end of 2005...
- Tags: FTTH, DSL
- Blog posts 2005-11-20
- Fiber-to-the-home up 83% in 2005
- According to Telecommunications Industry Association, fiber-to-the-home FTTH installations have grown 83% since October 2004, now reaching 398 communities in 43 states.
- Tags: FTTH
- Blog posts 2005-05-29
- Local Powering Solutions for Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Technology
- This paper starts with an overview of the markets' primary line lifeline powering issues, and follows with a discussion of the potential power problems that currently exist in today's marketplace. A review of the purpose for a battery back-up solution in the Fiber To The Home FTTH application will be...
- Tags: FTTH, American Power Conversion Corp., Fiber, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking
- White papers 2005-02-07
- 70 fiber-to-the-home deployments in the US
- To counter cable's threat, a trio of incumbent local exchange carriers ILECs has announced plans to extend their optical networks all the way to customer premises using fiber-to-the-home FTTH technologies. They are not alone in their fiber initiatives, however, and were even slow out of the gate. Nearly 70 FTTH...
- Tags: FTTH, fiber, Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier
- Blog posts 2004-10-26
- NTT to have 2 million FTTH subscribers by March 2005
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone NTT is spending $1.8 billion to add at least 1.3 million new Fiber-to-the-Home subscribers over the next 12 months, bringing NTT's total FTTH subscriber basis to over 2 million. Previously, NTT, the incumbent telco, has not been one of the more aggressive FTTH players in the...
- Tags: FTTH, NTT Corp.
- Blog posts 2004-02-27
Additional Resources
- GOOG is not making phones or buying newspapers
- But, will they make a super cheap Arm based Netbook???Or, maybe they will pay a partner to make, sell, and support an Arm based netbook.specs:dual core arm2 GB memory32 GB SSD11.5 inch screen12 hour battery lifeExplain if you please ...1. Conglomerate e.g. Sony.2. Diversification e.g. M$ Zune and XBOX.3. Why...
- Tags: Engineering, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, phone, Google Inc., battery
- Discussion threads 2009-10-31
- A Net Neutrality Solution: Opinions Wanted
- First thoughts"the incumbents fought it tooth and nail"Same thing happened in the last 4 industrial revolutions!I'm broadly in favour of your improvements ... with a few caveats ... and will look at the 2 papers you plugged, sorry referenced ;-)"Users should be concerned that the Internet services they pay for...
- Tags: Fiber optics, Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality Solution
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- U.S. national broadband strategy: Funding is the elephant in the room
- we don't need big governmentThe broadband has to be build by private businesses and everyone needs to pay to get it.The government should only provide incentives like tax cuts that are deficit neutral.And of courseAnd of course ZDNet is still pushing the crazy idea that broadband everywhere is inevitable. Somehow,...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Highways, broadband, broadband over power line, U.S. national broadband strategy, U.S. National
- Discussion threads 2009-08-14
- The United States of broadband: All of the speed is on the east coast
- Akamai's state of the Internet report for the first quarter illustrates the distribution of broadband speeds in the U.S. The real speed appears to be on the east coast. Here's the distribution of broadband in the top 10 states: Akamai...
- Tags: Broadband, Mbps, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-09
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