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
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
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
Just a quick note to point out two recent articles on gigabit broadband.
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
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
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
Benoît was quoted in a New York Times article entitled Cheap, Ultra-Fast Broadband? Hong Kong Has It. The quote is very short, but it’s relevant and also a key conclusion of our recent report Hong Kong’s City Telecom has
