Monday, September 24, 2007

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

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Speed up, with fiber (MN)

Friday, August 24, 2007

AT&T building U-verse (CT)

AT&T Confirms Second VRAD Fire

Who Wins – FiOS vs. Cable? (VZ propaganda page)

AT&T: Defect Caused VRAD Explosion

FTTH survey reveals 'leaders and laggards'

Getting the drop on fiber

JEA to care for users of Cinergy (TN)

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Verizon moves to expand its cable-TV service (RI)

Acquisition adds twist to broadband saga (Palo Alto, CA)

Fibre: going all the way?

Mauritius to get FTTH access in 2008?

Exclusive Photos: Fire to the Node

Edmonds lights the way for broadband (WA)

French put va va voom into broadband

Europe Fiber futures: 40 Gbps to offices & 100 Mbps to homes

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

What's Right About Broadband Deployment in the US

Conn. Attorney General: Make AT&T Get Cable License

Slovenia Snacks on Fiber Diet

U-Verse Launching in Oklahoma

State approves 3-town broadband plan (VT)

Can FIOS Break Cable’s Stranglehold?

Qwest: Who Needs FiOS or U-Verse?

AT&T pledges IPTV network overhaul in BellSouth territory

Bill to limit broadband fails (NC)

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Report: AT&T single-stream HD trial has liftoff in Houston

Does High Tech Require High Fiber?

AT&T U-verse Voice Coming Soon

LUS Fiber case goes to state Supreme Court

AT&T: We're Sticking With FTTN

City of Palo Alto releases FTTH RFP (PDF)

Municipal utilities provide broadband alternative in Germany

California City wants to own fibre network

City of Bellevue, Iowa Selects Trident7 Optical Access Platform from Wave7 Optics for New Municipal FTTP Network

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Zoomy Communications Earns Fiber to the Home Certification

Wave7 to light up two more muni FTTH deployments

Charter, CDE go to battle over vote (TN)

FTTH Con: Verizon FiOS ads keep it simple

Verizon to Roll out New FiOS Applications

Municipally funded fiber-optic network UTOPIA may be struggling, but its impact is growing

GlobeCast WorldTV Supply Verizon FiOS with International TV Content

FTTH Councils release universal definitions for FTTH and broadband access terms

Danville advances broadband (VA)

Bigger role for small fry in broadband

North American FTTH Subscribers Climb to 1 Million, 6 Million Homes Passed

Japan FTTH powder keg is exploding

Could little glass strands change Wilson?

City to get fiber optic broadband service (IN)

City to get fiber optic broadband service (IN)

PONdering Broadband

Verizon Fueling North American Fiber Growth

FTTH Con: Muni broadband advocate sees ‘rosy picture’

FTTH Con: Fiber-connected homes top 1 million

Friday, September 29, 2006

Yano Research Survey on FTTH Service and Market Outlook for Optical Transmission Devices

Delta partners with BroadLight for BPON and GPON transceivers

City of Palo Alto FTTH RFP (pdf)

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Alloptic Selected for 2,000 Home FTTH Project in Venezuela

Figuring FiOS

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