Belgium Considers FTTH Plans

Belgian Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne has announced a 30-step plan to put Belgium on the ICT map. This includes such things as ensuring every schoolchild owns a laptop starting when they are 6 years old

Fibered One Web Day 09 Wrap-Up

One Web Day was Tuesday and only know do I find the time to write about it. I apologise for that as I'm

Sept 22nd: Fibered One Web Day in Paris, Amsterdam and More!!!

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One Web Day is an annual event held worldwide on a single date to highlight the importance of the web in people's daily lives. I met with their representatives in DC a couple

Visionary Verizon?

Synchronicity?

As you know the traditional telco model has been high on my mind these last few weeks. Discussions with people smarter (

Retro-Fiber: Ever heard of TPON?

Pauline Rigby posts today about the amazing story of BT overlaying fiber with copper in low-density areas due to a wrong technology choice (TPON) in the 90s. You would, of course, expect any telco in their right mind to have

Fiber Resources

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GPON vs P2P Comparison

Yesterday Total Telecom released a white paper written by Keymile and entitled Ethernet Point-to-Point vs.PON: A comparison of two optical access network technologies

“La Fibre Sociale”

Most FTTH projects, whether they are private or public, are based on commercial principles. While it has been recognised that the biggest digital divide may not ultimately be between urban

Misleading Fiber Advertising by Cable Continues

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