http://www.freepress.net/taxonomy/term/2556 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.freepress.net/node/42218 <p>When it comes to broadband, a high fibre diet seems to increase customers' appetite for bandwidth, a new report has found.</p> <p>The study, by market development organisation the FTTH Council Europe, compared usage by consumers with FTTH (fibre to the home) with ADSL users across four European countries and found fibre homes currently drive three times more traffic than ADSL households.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/42218">read more</a></p> bandwidth broadband broadband speeds fiber-optics FTTH FTTH Council Europe Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:13:16 -0700 Stevie Converse 42218 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/42209 <p>For the first time, more people around the world are signing up for fiber-optic broadband service than for cable Internet service, according to a British research firm.</p> <p>Fiber providers added 4.2 million customers in the first quarter, while 2.5 million customers signed up for cable modems, according to a report released last week by Point Topic.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/42209">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet broadband access cable China fiber-optics FTTH global international Internet Japan North Korea Verizon Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:40:08 -0700 Stevie Converse 42209 at http://www.freepress.net