Monthly Archives: September 2010

Google: We Want a New 100G MSA

Google caused a bit of a stir at the Market Focus Session during the ECOC exhibition here in Turin. The internet search giant wants to use 100Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) inside its massive data centres, but it can’t find an optical … Continue reading

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Friday Afternoon Silliness: Pigeon Race

Remember Winston the carrier pigeon, who carried a 4GB data stick 60 miles across South Africa in a race against ADSL service from the country’s biggest internet provider, Telkom? Now meet Margaret. Continue reading

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Fibre Tax Review Déjà Vu

The opponents of business rates on fibre must feel like Sisyphus – the mythological Greek figure compelled to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, and condemned to repeat this exercise throughout eternity. Continue reading

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