Lag stress: a major disorder of the 21st century?

When it comes to broadband, most people tend to focus on maximum speeds… Download speeds, upload speeds… And I certainly include myself in that comment, as I presented last week at the FTTH Council MENA conference some results of our

Gigabit and beyond: pricing and positioning strategies

While residential gigabit access has been technically feasible for years, few service providers have included it in their portfolios. It seemed highly unlikely that the customers would be willing to pay for such speeds, let alone actually perceive a change

Is Free about to launch 10Gb/s offers in France ?

Before we get into this, let me make one thing clear: this article is pure speculation. We have no insider information about this, neither have we talked to anyone inside Free about it. It’s very likely we’re wrong. But

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

Gigabit Musings

Just a quick note to point out two recent articles on gigabit broadband.

The first is in French and is entitled Vous Prendrez Bien un Gigabit? Its published on ZDNet France.
The second is in English and is entitled Can

Google Fiber: Not So Revolutionary

Yesterday was the big day that Google announced its Kansas City Google Fiber launch. I wasn’t available for the live broadcast, and I haven’t found the time yet to watch the replay (see below), but from what I’ve had the

Hyperoptic: Hypercool or Hyperbole?

UK company Hyperoptic announced yesterday that its FTTH first customers were going live in Wandsworth, London, in a 133 flat estate called Price's Court. The UK tech press gave the announcement some coverage today, though not a huge amount, it

From Megawatt to Gigabit Conference on Sept. 8th in Aarhus, Denmark

Benoit will be speaking at the High-Speed Broadband Conference 2011 on September 8th in Aarhus, Denmark. The conference, subtitled From Megawatt to Gigabit is organised by Dansk Energi will feature speakers from all over the world, from Danish and EU

The Gigabit Race is On!

$DiffractionLogo7big$ A few weeks ago we had a healthy bit of a debate on gigabit services and their use on fiberevolution. I didn't delve too deep into the debate because I was working on a report on that very topic. The

The Gigabit Race is On!

In this report entitled The Gigabit Race is On!, Benoit Felten analyzes the gigabit trend: around the world the launch of 1 Gbps broadband services has recently started to accelerate, so that it can no longer be seen as an