The first question of course determines the importance of the problem : if owning pre-existing fiber only provides a small advantage over competitors who don’t, then sure, some will be there a little faster, but competitors will catch up soon
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Gigabit at Bayonette’s Point!
I’ll be honest, I’d never heard of Bayonette until I read this article in ZDNet. I tend to be cautious around such announcements because while it’s relatively easy to get coverage in the tech press, it’s much harder
Embracing the transformative nature of NGA
I was having a nice lunch and involved discussion with a good friend who works with a major equipment vendor the other day, and the discussion, as if often does these days, steered towards vectoring and the impact thereof.
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Possible impact of Hyperoptic’s successful funding
As many of you savvy readers are probably aware by now, London based FTTB company Hyperoptic has secured a £50m funding from Quantum Strategic Partners, a structure owned by Soros Fund Management. The UK general and tech press are all
Hilarious NBN commentary…
I already published a humorous video on the Australian Coalition’s NBN plan last week, but this one is even better. Why don’t we get this kind of humour in France ?
All Diffraction Analysis Reports Half-Price (or More)!
Last week I received the FTTH Council Europe Indivudual Award for outstanding contribution to the Industry (in case you didn’t already know) so to celebrate the occasion I decided to put all of our previously released reports at half-price or
Comprehensive Study on Broadband Coverage in Europe
European Flag (cc) rockcohen
A couple of weeks ago, research firm Point Topic published a thick report commissioned by DG Connect and entitled Broadband Coverage in Europe in 2011. I wanted to understand a little better how the study
Telecom Italia goes full-blown FTTC
A few years ago, it looked like Italy might be a place where interesting broadband deployment models might emerge. In particular, a consortium of alternative operators all working together pushed a radical proposal to pool resources for the deployment of
City Fibre Holdings in York
Ever since the official announcement earlier this year, I have been keeping my eyes peeled for more information on developments in York. An article in Thinkbroadband earlier this week summarized what we know about the plans so far: Fibre to
Connecting Africa with proceeds from ICANN’s gTLD auction?
A Social Media Boom Begins in Africa (CC) Africa Renewal
Sascha Meinrath and Elliott Noss published an intriguing column yesterday in Slate entitled ICANN, Make a Difference. What they are suggesting, in a nutshell, is for the proceeds