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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

SureWest Communications Expanding IP Video Service Over Fiber-to-the-Home With Cisco IP NGN

With 90 years in Northern California, SureWest and its family of companies together provide a wide variety of highly reliable advanced communications products and services. Leading independent telecommunications holding company SureWest Communications, a Cisco Powered Network CPN member, is enhancing its ability to develop and deliver advanced IP video services...

Tags: Cisco Catalyst, FTTH, IP Video, SureWest Communications, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Telecommunications, Networking

Case studies 2006-09-09

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

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

Expand Service Offerings With Cisco Managed Media Solution V2.1

The Cisco Managed Media Solution 2.1 is a platform for delivering live and on-demand digital media, differentiating an operator's services from other content providers on the Internet. The Managed Media Solution allows High-Speed Data HSD operators to host content in the online video and addressable advertising markets from within their...

Tags: Advertisement, Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco Managed Media Solution 2.1, Managed Media Solution, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications

White papers 2008-04-01

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ATOh that's real smart!Someone PULL the plug on this company please! First, they are about to go thru BIG lawsuits for violating crimes in assisting the Bush Admin to eavsdrop... and now they want to invest in fiber optics for the Pacific area... when Japan just shot up a top...

Tags: Benefits, Broadband Internet, Optical networking, Fiber optics, Network technology, Intel Corp., AT&T Corp., salary

Discussion threads 2008-03-05

Bredbaand Nord Launches Video Service Over Cisco IP Next-Generation Network

Bredbaand Nord was established by three local utility companies wanting to invest in the development of Vendsyssel and Han Herred in Northern Jutland, Denmark. The company wanted to expand their capabilities beyond legacy services into new, complex areas such as delivering video, voice and data. Cisco along with the company...

Tags: Video Service, IP, Video, Cisco Systems Inc.

Case studies 2007-05-22

How AMD stumbled with Socket AM2

How AMD stumbled with Socket AM2Evolutionary versus revolutionarySocket AM2 by itself does not demand that you throw away your motherboard and RAM for an upgrade.It's what comes next that will spur [b]new[/b] sales for AM2-based systems. 4x4 being one of those, quad-core being another.If you've already got a Socket...

Tags: Desktops, Socket AM2, motherboard, Socket 939, PC, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-09-27

Google vs. Microsoft in Interactive TV advertising race

Google vs. Microsoft in Interactive TV advertising raceLooks like Microsoft chasing a lot of markets just to control Google.As with Germany in WW2, Microsoft will find themselves fighting on too many fronts.Important move for MicrosoftThis is is very important manuver for Microsoft. TV is a area where Microsoft has no...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, TV, interactive TV, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Red Sox

Discussion threads 2006-06-09

Wired and wireless at the same high speed

The next generation of optical networks needed to satisfy our appetite for bandwidth is currently under development. And researchers from Georgia Tech have built a new architecture which delivers super-broadband wired and wireless service simultaneously. This hybrid system "could allow dual wired/wireless transmission up to 100 times faster than current...

Tags: Georgia Tech, network

Blog posts 2006-03-18

Verizon to use new tech to slash costs

Verizon to use new tech to slash costsVerizon accessI don't think the author of the article is in the real world in assuming that MOST homes have internal cable wiring. Such assumption is reserved for electric power though telephone twisted pair may come close. I verizon is counting...

Tags: Network technology, Optical networking, Fiber optics, Broadband Internet, Universal Powerline Association, specification, Verizon Communications Inc., Fios, cable, powerline

Discussion threads 2006-03-09