Analysing a broadband ad

Virgin has a new ad for its 50Mb/s service, and it's all the buzz on the blogosphere, thanks in part to the fact

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

Rural Broadband Means Economic Growth

"In other news, water is wet", you might think. And yet the recent study published by the USDA (see USDA Study Finds Rural Communities Benefit From Greater Broadb

Open Access and Trans-Sector Innovation

There's an interesting Telephony Online article by the decidedly forward thinking Carol Wilson entitled Economic Crisis Fueling Open Network Interest. Based on a report

Wind and Fastweb sign unbundling and FTTH network sharing deal

The topic of network sharing or collaborative deployment amongst competitors is a major buzz in the FTTH field these days. The EU in particular seems to think it has found the silver bullet to solve the investment vs. competition conundrum.

La Quille!

I'm sure you noticed the cryptic French post titles recently. I won't explain this one, let's just say that if you read Asterix dans le texte (in the original language) you know what this refers to.

All this to say

“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