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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
Filling the gap
In most countries in the Western World FttH deployment starts in attractive areas: the combination of relatively low investment and high probability of getting a good subscription base is sought by everyone. It turns out that deployments in medium sized … Continue reading
About KPN and discrimination
The recent announcements of KPN have (to say the least) spurred a lot of reactions. First of all the negative impact of smartphones and Internet based texting substitutes on the topline was a surprise to many. The announcement of a … Continue reading
What resolution and bandwidth does a display need?
Lately the advances in display resolution, like the Retina display on the latest Iphone or the imminent introduction of 4Kx2K TV sets have raised the question what pixel density is enough? What is the maximum image quality humans can perceive? … Continue reading
Some broadband is more equal than others
Most of my “friends-of-fiber” share the exasperation of trying to explain the differences between the various technologies of delivering Internet access. Once you have mastered the basics its very easy to see the limitations of DSL, cable, wireless or different … Continue reading