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Putting POF cables in ducts with power lines
In a previous post I mentioned the possibility of adding a POF (plastic optical fiber) cable to existing electricity ducts with live power cables. POF is a great yet still expensive (lack of volume) option for a home network. Installing … Continue reading
Architects live in the previous century
Getting fiber to your home usually means taking a much dreaded look at your home network for voice, data and video: 9 out 10 times it needs to be modified and upgraded. In my home town where FttH has been … Continue reading
The Wealth of Information
Some time ago I stumbled upon the best known book of Adam Smith “The Wealth of Nations”, with some time to spare. Well, there is nothing like reading the classics yourself instead of relying on second-hand (or worse) interpretations, if … Continue reading
Mobile or wireless tethering?
The rather artificial dichotomy between “fixed” and “mobile” broadband is becoming a burden. Not only is “mobile” broadband technically a fixed line with a long wireless tether (the “mobiile utopians” are eloquently trashed in this rant of Benoit Felten), the … Continue reading
Stepping up
It seems like KPN is taking FttH serious. The initial service offerings were middle of the road only, with hardly any distinction between VDSL and full FttH. Understandable if you only look at yourself as a company (“coherent uniform services … Continue reading
Diffraction Analysis reports individual purchase
Ever since we at Diffraction Analysis launched our research subscription service in March we received requests for the purchase of individual reports. It took us a few months to automate a process to do just that, and we’re very pleased … Continue reading
Bandwidth in the Black Forest
While the more urban areas experience a continuous improvement of access bandwidth, the gap with more rural areas widens. The importance of good Internet access for everyday life is no theoretical construct in remote villages, it is making the difference. … Continue reading
NetNeutrality in NL
The pending parliamentary debate in the Netherlands on how to frame “netneutrality” in law has led to interesting reactions. Vodafone topped the bill with heavy handed statements (ISP’s must be able to install copyright filters, block sites and applications, Vodafone … Continue reading
Are IPTV packets more equal than Internet packets?
[ updated May 26] The headlines of the Sandvine Global Internet Phenomena Report Spring 2011 have been repeated in many blogs. The focus on the size of Netflix in the USA as a percentage of (peak or average) traffic , … Continue reading
The original streams
A friend of mine just happened to stroll past a van of Dutchview today. Dutchview is a video registration company working for broadcasters. They got talking: about FttH, about broadband access speeds of 100 Mbps and 1 Gbps and so … Continue reading