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Archive for May, 2008
French Paper Kills Verizon’s (VZ) $24 Billion FiOS Project
We hope Verizon (VZ) boss Ivan Seidenberg doesn’t get his business news from French newspaper Le Monde, or he might have had a small stroke this week. In an article...
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Demand for Bandwidth Driving Global Deployment of Fiber Optic Networks
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Assessment of Broadband Access Networks, finds that fiber optic networks, despite their high capital expenditure, are looking as an increasingly viable long-term solution for...
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10 Gigabit Ethernet Overview
The ink was hardly dry on the 10Gbase-T (10 gigabit Ethernet over UTP) standard and the industry discussion swung to the next big thing – 40 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit Ethernet. While the latest technology being...Read more »
Why CWDM?
As the surge for additional convergence technology and increased-bandwidth continues, CWDM Ethernet-over-fiber seems to be a viable solution for service providers. CWDM involves both sides of the equation. That is, reducing operating costs and increasing revenue. As...Read more »
The Benefits of Using Single Mode Single Fiber
More and more products are being released with single mode single fiber optics and can be perceived as being very expensive, but are they? What is single mode single fiber?The answer...Read more »
Prysmian releases new bend-insensitive fiber
Following the launch last year of CasaLight, an ITU G657-compliant bend insensitive fibre, Prysmian has introduced CasaLight Plus, an enhanced performance design that further reduces the minimum working bend radius to exceed the recommendations of G657.B....
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Qwest Introduces 20 Megabit per Second DSL
Qwest Communications International, Inc. launched two super high-speed fiber-optic Internet services including Qwest Connect Quantum which provides DSL connection speeds up to 20 Mbps. This premium service is being introduced to residential...
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Fiber optic inventor visits Kent Theodore Roosevelt physics students learn from scientist
Students in teacher David Killius’ fourth period advanced physics class at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Kent were visited Friday by a man who has already changed...Read more »
Verizon quarter profit up by 9.8 percent on robust fiber-optic services
Verizon Communications Inc. said its first quarter profit climbed by 9.8 percent due to strong growth in sales of domestic fiber-optic services. The company’s net profit rose...
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