Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Did Ciena Overpay for WWP?

SCTE ET: TV expert says AT&T’s video play has 12-18 months left

Friday, January 18, 2008

Goldman Sachs to finance EPB's residential telecom service

Verizon Launches GPON

OpenReach to launch GPON FTTH Pilot in Aug 2008

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fiber (pdf)

Houston, We Have a Problem: Lessons from the OEN Collapse (pdf)

Cisco's Optical Concept: The 1-Gig Cable Modem (DPON)

Tennessee Cable Group Maintains Opposition to Utility Plan

Verizon FiOS TV Hitting NYC Soon?

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

When Will NYC Get FiOS?

LUS fiber program moves city forward

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

ITRI and BroadLight Partner to Promote GPON in Taiwan (pdf)

It’s All About Access -- A Comparison of Fiber vs Copper in 2008

Clearfield: Newly wired for profit

Japan government to force NTT to open up next-gen fiber-optic network - report

AT&T Begins Massive Battery Replacement

Monday, January 14, 2008

Optronics to build Greek FTTH network

Friday, January 11, 2008

Pressure off BT over superfast broadband

Is FiOS Worth Moving For?

Officials to begin LUS fiber project

BT Wades into Fibre with Roll-Out of 100-Mbps Fibre Network in U.K.

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Don't Let Down Your DSL Guard While Moving to Fiber

Verizon FIOS GPON in Nine States

MSOs go public with FTTH interest

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

FTTP orders give ADC a boost

Verizon's FiOS readies first urban push

AT&T to roll out U-Verse this week in Metro East (IL)

‘RF Over Glass’ Concept Gains Steam

Calix Ships GPON ONTs With Standards-based RF Return

Thursday, January 03, 2008

UTOPIA: Could high-speed fiber optic end up a cyber-paradise lost?

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Provo, Utah, overhauls iProvo muni fiber model

EPB heads toward bond issue despite suit

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Symmetrical FiOS Business Lines Available

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Officials hold FairPoint to high standard

Monday, December 17, 2007

Alphion Touts PON Extension

BroadLight Names CEO

AlcaLu Goes Rural

RUS Approves Pannaway

Pannaway gains USDA technical acceptance for products including 2.5 GPON, 100/1000 Mbit/s Active Ethernet solutions

Alcatel-Lucent 7342 ISAM FTTU solution gains Rural Development Acceptance from USDA

Qwest Stays with Old Playbook

Thursday, December 13, 2007

New ADC 1x64 Splitter Delivers Plug-And-Play Technology For FTTX Applications

Integration Between ERF Wireless And Latens Systems Offers Secure And Flexible FTTH Systems For International Customers

PMC-Sierra Introduces MSP7160 Integrated GPON Fiber Access Gateway Device

Lyse And IBM Continue To Innovate On Fiber Optic Broadband Solutions

Monday, December 10, 2007

Verizon Spells Out 100 Mbit/s

Thursday, December 06, 2007

Alloptic raises $24m funding to expand operations and develop MicroNode platform for RF over Glass applications

Alloptic GEPON access solution selected for Bahrain Bay planned community in Manama

FlexLight Networks, supplier of GPON optical access products, reportedly shuts down

Verizon Offers HD Video On Demand

Corning Cable Systems Announces First Sale Of ClearCurve Product Solution

Alcatel-Lucent And Hong Kong Broadband Network Introduce First Carrier-Class GPON In Hong Kong

GPON Reference Design From Freescale And OpenCon Enables Rapid Creation Of Affordable CPE Solutions

Thursday, October 04, 2007

100Mbps Symmetrical: $48.50

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

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Speed up, with fiber (MN)

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