Tag Archives: FTTH
NGA in the UK: the patchwork quilt
Although Britain was a leader in first-generation broadband, we're definitely late to the party when it comes to next-generation access (NGA). But the transition to fibre access networks has finally begun, and one image particularly brings this message home to me.
Dutch broadband speeds don’t measure up
The Netherlands may be one of Europe’s leading broadband nations, but it’s suffering from a familiar problem – the actual broadband speeds received by consumers are significantly lower than advertised. A study carried out by Telecompaper in partnership with iPing shows that Dutch subscribers currently receive about 60 percent of the average advertised broadband [...]
Public money and broadband in France
NEXTGEN09, LEEDS — What’s the best way for local authorities to encourage the roll out of next-generation broadband without distorting competition? The French experience,
recounted by Gabrielle Gauthey, senior vice-president for public affairs at Alcatel-Lucent, seems to suggest that investing in backhaul is the right way to go.
Backhaul bottlenecks
None of the consumer applications being discussed at Fibrecamp Britain today really require fibre, but in a perverse kind of way perhaps that’s a good thing. Today’s community networks are severely constrained by backhaul; until this problem is solved then innovative applications don’t stand a chance.
Fibrecamp Britain: a reporter’s notes
It was standing room only at Fibrecamp this afternoon; a measure of the interest in providing high-speed broadband and next-generation access in the UK.
Europe doles out funds for rural broadband
Amidst all the brouhaha over broadband stimulus funding in the US, it’s easy to forget that Europe has its very own economic stimulus package, called the European Economic Recovery Plan (EERP), with an allocation of €1.0 billion to be spent on broadband in rural areas between 2009 and 2013. And last week the first wave [...]
France: landmark decision for fibre projects
The European Commission has given the green light to the largest ever government-backed fibre-to-the-home project in Europe.
French fibre ultimatum
The French President Nicolas Sarkozy has given the country’s four main telecoms operators just two weeks to come up with a solution for fibre-to-the-home.
FTTH global rankings – H1 2009
The message from the FTTH Councils is that it's "business as usual" despite the recession.
Benoît on the FTTH Benefit Compendium