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Green Broadband

A few posts back I made a brief comment on the Free Fiber to the Home project of a small 400 households community in Ottawa, CA. Judging from the very limited addressable market (400 households), the project seems to me more like a pilot project; a case to be referenced as a good/best practice. If [...]

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Excerpts from the public consultation text follows: At the 2007 Spring European Council, the Heads of State and Government highlighted the development of a sustainable integrated European climate and energy policy as a top priority and adopted an energy and climate package to guide the EU towards a competitive and secure energy economy while promoting [...]

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Here’s a recent communication by the European Commissions acknowledging the importance of ICT towards sustainable economic and societal growth in terms of energy consumption and carbon emissions. The communication focuses on ICT itself (replacement of old technology equipment with newer and more efficient) and on improving energy efficiency across the economy through the use of [...]

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The results of a unique research exercise evaluating the sustainability and environmental impact of fiber networks were announced at the FTTH Council Europe event held in Paris last month. Joeri Van Bogaert, president of the Council, said, “The results clearly demonstrate the overall service and environmental benefits of FTTH. The findings stand as testament that [...]

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