I have been meaning to write about that for a while, and have always postponed.
In http://www.broadbandmap.govt.nz/map/ there is a  map that gather data available from various sources to provide information about the demand and supply of broadband infrastructure across New Zealand. The first instance of the map has been online since 2007 and has been [...]

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Weko (the Swiss competition committee) was asked to investigate the terms and conditions of EWZ-Swisscom deal for FTTH deployment. The deal is challenged on the premises of the exclusive rights given to Swisscom for the use of one fiber strand per home passed. The major issue is whether exclusive rights are justified by  Swisscom’s participation [...]

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The purpose of this post is to put a few observations regarding the services options available to public planners of NGA infrastructures; for future reference. This is only a draft on benefits and risks for public offerings on Layer 1 and Layer 2 services.
National broadband plans (i.e. nationwide NGA infrastructures) concentrate primarily in building an [...]

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I got Busted on Twitter

August 10, 2010

in AOB

All of my twitter followers received earlier today a DM from me giving out iPADs for free. Of course, the people who actually know me know that I wouldn’t give out iPADs, an FTTH connection maybe, but not iPADs.This was a spam message from those infamous sites luring you into giving your mobile phone and [...]

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“I don’t like Broadband”

August 5, 2010

I was killing time yesterday, browsing youtube’s selection of ads. Here’s one, very funny, by HoL (a major Greek ISP) on the benefits and merits of slow internet connection (yes, that’s right). It has English subs embedded.
yours truly (still without vacations), KT

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FTTB in Volga, Russia

August 5, 2010

Russian regional operator VolgaTelecom has launched fibre-to-the-building (FTTB) broadband services in Ulyanovsk and Dmitrovgrad. Services are being provided under its J-internet brand.
The operator has launched 16,000 ports in the two cities, offering download speeds of up to 100Mbps.
TeleGeography reports.

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How to fix an air condition leak on a Sunday morning

August 2, 2010

I was in the office on Sunday but the air condition leaked (big time; seriously). Since there wasn’t anyone to call and I couldn’t survive with the temperature outside climbing to the early 40s, I had to find a solution quickly.
Here’s the problem I had at hand:
And here’s how I got it fixed. All I [...]

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Thailand considers the FTTH Open Access model

August 2, 2010

Thailand swings with the idea of investing in FTTH infrastructure on Open Access principles. Alcatel-Lucent presented to Thailand’s Minister of ICT the case of a passive (unbundler/wholesaler) operator on the footmarks of Singapore and the plans of Australia.
Thailand has 63.52million population and 19 million households. Despite the ICT  intensity of the national economy there are [...]

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Managing Water Resources via Wireless Broadband

July 29, 2010

In the island of Santorini (what a view!) the water and sewage utility company has installed and operates a distributed management system to monitor and control water resources which are scarce and scattered throughout the island. The project dates back a couple of years however, it is a good reference for the use of broadband [...]

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Global Broadband Speeds in 2010

July 28, 2010

NetIndex of Ookla reported yesterday the household download index as it is calculated from SPEEDTEST.NET measurements.
What clearly stands out is the trend of speed increase the last 6 months (for whom the study reports).
There are a few things not truly I was surprised to see in the reported data, probably the biggest surprise came from [...]

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