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Euro Metro Bytes: Geo, euNetworks, Akado, Vodafone, Orange
Plenty of news this week from Europe, so let’s finish off with a quick look at metro fiber moves by Geo, euNetworks, Akado, Vodafone and Orange: … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleHong Kong’s Rising ‘Consumer Surplus’
This article was authored by Joseph Waring, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net. In trying to quantify the gains the internet has brought to society, last week’s Free Exchange column in the...
View ArticleGoogle Fiber Heads For the ‘Burbs
It’s still Kansas, but Google Fiber is starting to look beyond Kansas City. In a blog post this week they revealed their intentions to add another city to their 1Gbps FTTH roll-out. So who is the lucky...
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Google Breaks Out of KC, Prepares to Take On Austin
It’s still unofficial, but with this many leaks it’s quite clear we’re way beyond the rumor stage. Google is doing what I never figured they’d do: taking their formula from demonstration to an actual...
View ArticleAT&T Challenges Google to a Hand of Texas Fiber’em
Yesterday, I ended my look at Google Fiber’s plans for Austin with the question of how the incumbents might respond to this evolution beyond the demo. Apparently, AT&T (NYSE:T, news, filings) was...
View ArticleGoogle Fiber Turns Up In Provo Too
According to Google’s blog today, the Kansas City and Austin metro areas are going to get a second new Gigabit sibling out in Utah. Google Fiber and Mayor John Curtis have announced plans to bring the...
View ArticleFriday NBN Follies
Down under, the Australian opposition has been pushing an NBN alternative that would replace the FTTH the country has been touting for years now with FTTC – nothing like the old bait-and-switch. Kudos...
View ArticleMetro Bytes: Zayo, Integra, Optica, EarthLink
Time for another quick roundup of news on the metro front worth a quick look, with two items from Zayo, some Goodwill for Integra, a network build-out milestone for Optica, and another new datacenter...
View ArticleVerizon Caves On Fire Island, Brings In Fiber
For a while it looked like Verizon might crack the regulatory barrier and substitute its VoiceLink wireless replacement for copper services in remote areas. However, the public outcry was big enough to...
View ArticleAT&T Prepares to Defend Austin, CenturyLink Picks Calix
The response to Google’s Kansas City gambit is gaining steam, as both AT&T and CenturyLink are making strides toward actual 1Gbps FTTH offerings, each in a single market of course. … [visit site to...
View ArticleHow Fiber Internet is Changing the Way We Use the Web
This guest article was written by Sam Melton, who blogs at sammeltontalks.blogspot.com. Please feel free to reach out to Sam with any questions. In the United States Internet speeds are becoming...
View ArticleCenturyLink Expands Its Gigabit Plans to Vegas
CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL, news, filings) says it is expanding the Gigabit fiber pilot it began in Nebraska out into Nevada. They plan to bring FTTH technology to selected neighborhoods in Las Vegas...
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Industry Spotlight: 3M’s Adam Krozel on the MDU Opportunity, One Pass
The toughest leg of the internet to upgrade has always been the last mile, and especially the last few hundred feet. But with Verizon’s FIOS rollout slowing down as Google Fiber and others still trying...
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Bigger Plans On Tap For Google Fiber
Not content with its first playground of Kansas City or its expansion projects in Provo UT and Austin TX, Google says it is now planning to target major cities around the country for its FTTH services....
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CityFibre, Sky, TalkTalk Plan JV for a Gigabit in York
Over in the north of England, a new alternative FTTH project is taking shape. Two alternative broadband and content providers and one metro fiber builder and operator have teamed up to form a joint...
View ArticleMonday Metro: Mammoth, UPN, Data Foundry, TDS
I’m running a bit late today, but here’s a quick look at a few items I didn’t get to last week that I probably should have: … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleVendor Roundup: Calix, Champion ONE, Juniper, Overture
Here’s a quick roundup of vendor news from this week that’s worth a look: … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleFiber’s best friend: wireless
This article was authored by Joseph Waring, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net. China now has 155 million kilometers of laid fiber, a 13-times increase from 11 million in 2003. That...
View ArticleVodafone, ESB to Fiberize the Irish Countryside
Vodafone has found another place to put a bit of that cash hoard it gained from the Verizon Wireless deal, and it’s organic this time. They’ve formed a joint venture with the Irish power utility ESB to...
View ArticleAlcatel-Lucent Breathes 10Gbps of Life Into Copper
The zombie that is our aging copper network just got another jolt of magic to keep it animated. Setting a new record, the Franco-American vendor has put 10Gbps over copper wires with a new prototype...
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