Monday, September 24, 2007

At Age 2, Verizon FiOS Evolves

AT&T aims for 10,000 IPTV installs per week

Verizon gets Washington state bundling approval

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Move to spur UK broadband speed

Monday, September 17, 2007

Network in need of voters' backing (MN)

Network in need of voters' backing (MN)

Telco fiber deployments threaten cable operators

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Verizon taps ‘Webtop’ vendor Laszlo for new e-mail client

Verizon Lights FiOS TV in 24 More Jersey Towns

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Hitachi And ARRIS Team Up To Offer Specialized MDU Services

Fujikura Introduces Expanded Connector Portfolio For FTTH

Feeling a disconnect - Verizon to pull FiOS service from some homes (NY)

Parisians Plan EPON Network

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Hitachi, Arris team on practical GPON system

Wave7 Wins Paris Deal

Monday, September 10, 2007

U-verse growing rapidly

Cablevision CEO a Verizon FiOS Subscriber?

Group tries to close the divide (Lafayette, LA)

Momentum builds for FTTH

City, utilities fight over fiber (Portland, OR)

Competition for cable TV is beneficial (Clarksville, TN)

Friday, September 07, 2007

Japan, GEPON dominate FTTH

100Mbps, VoIP & TV: $40/Month (France)

Designing fiber optic networks for reliability (pdf)

Video drives broadband use worldwide (pdf - page 2)

Why we need more fiber (pdf)

Fascinating Analysis of Internet Traffic in Japan

Tellabs moves ONTs indoors

Verizon Makes FiOS More Mobile

OFS Announces Solution For Fiber-to-the-Multiple Dwelling Unit Deployments

FTTH The Focus For Fujikura At ECOC 2007

Prysmian Telecom Takes To The Road In Major European FTTH Tour

180 Connect Inc. Secures New Fiber-To-The-Premise Contracts In The Western United States

It's premesis, not premise!


From Dictionary.com:

prem·ise [prem-is]
1.Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
2.premises,
a.a tract of land including its buildings.
b.a building together with its grounds or other appurtenances.
c.the property forming the subject of a conveyance or bequest.
3.Law.
a.a basis, stated or assumed, on which reasoning proceeds.
b.an earlier statement in a document.
c.(in a bill in equity) the statement of facts upon which the complaint is based.
–verb (used with object)
4.to set forth beforehand, as by way of introduction or explanation.
5.to assume, either explicitly or implicitly, (a proposition) as a premise for a conclusion.
–verb (used without object)
6.to state or assume a premise.


1. assumption, postulate. 5. postulate, hypothesize.

Thursday, September 06, 2007

Telecom Changes Put Competition on the Line

Verizon Shoots FiOS Infomercials

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Free Unveils FTTH, Better Profits (France)

More Than 100,000 Customers Choose AT&T U-verse Over Cable

Hitachi's True Stories Campaign - Bandon OR

Connexion Technologies takes fiber to the home (NC)

Firm delivers digital video, high speed Internet in Crawfordsville (IN)

New Cable Competition Coming (TN)

Japan's Warp-Speed Ride to Internet Future

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

A Man & His 100 Mbps Fiber Connected Life

Japan's Internet is faster

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