fiber

U.S. Fiber Deployment Lags Behind

Stevie Converse — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:21:57 -0800

$700 Billion Would Buy a Lot of Fiber

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:28:00 -0700

The Next Telecom War

Stevie Converse — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:31:46 -0700

Trade Group Calls for Net Neutrality, High-Capacity Networks

Stevie Converse — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:30:56 -0700

Fiber Optics May Hold Key to Future

Stevie Converse — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:34:59 -0700

It’s not sunny every day and money doesn’t sprout from trees in Kutztown, Pa., but for cable and Internet fiends, it may be considered paradise.

That’s because Kutztown’s fiber-optic television, phone and Internet infrastructure is a decade ahead of its time and is still one of the few municipal fiber-optic networks in the United States.

Verizon's Fiber Guru Talks Strategy

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:03:15 -0700

There's no question that Verizon Communications hit a home run with its aggressive fiber strategy. The fiber-to-the-home network called Fios has enabled Verizon to supercharge broadband speeds and compete against cable in the TV market.

Mighty, Mighty Broadband

Stevie Converse — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:41:12 -0700

Sanborn and Gentry Buchan live in a 1920s bungalow less than two miles from the center of Wilson, a city of 50,000 people a half hour east of Raleigh. The mother of a 2-year-old son, Gentry works from home as a sales rep for a cell phone company.

From Lafayette: Do You Need to Know Why Fiber's Great to Love Fiber?

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:25:12 -0700

One of the more interesting themes I've heard now from multiple people during my travels so far in Lafayette is that while the majority of residents have gotten behind the deployment of a full fiber network, they don't really understand why fiber's such a great thing.

Low-Income Residents Get High-Speed Access

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:21:45 -0700

Last summer, when Earthlink pulled the plug on plans to build a citywide Wi-Fi network in San Francisco, it looked like only those with the money to pay for high-speed Internet access (or with a decent laptop and a good map of free hotspots) would be able to get it. Such bad things should happen more often.

Brewster Kahle's Internet Archive Brings Broadband to San Francisco Housing Projects

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:19:17 -0700

Mayor Gavin Newsom's office tried to garner good press by selling his efforts to bring free Wi-Fi to San Francisco as an effort to bring broadband to the poor, under the auspices of Project Tech Connect.

Fiber Center Gets First Viewing

Stevie Converse — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:57:52 -0700

After nearly a decade of discussions, Wilson, S.C., officials finally got a chance Wednesday to see their vision of a city-operated cable television system come to life.

City Council members were given a private tour Wednesday afternoon of the technical hub of Wilson's new Greenlight services, which will begin selling phone, Internet and cable services to city residents later this year.

Community Internet Technology

Neal Bastek — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:20:46 -0700

A number of different methods can be used to develop a community's wired broadband infrastructure or wireless network.