Comments on: Demand for Bandwidth Leads to Fiber Boom

By: Internet Keeps Growing! Traffic up 62% in 2010: Tech News «

Internet Keeps Growing! Traffic up 62% in 2010: Tech News « — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:45:24 +0000

[...] said, the networks are not evenly divided. The capacity is still in abundance in larger, more mature markets but less so in newer markets such as Africa. This will be changing [...]

By: Alcatel Lucent Boosts Fiber Speeds by 10x in Lab

Alcatel Lucent Boosts Fiber Speeds by 10x in Lab — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:47:21 +0000

[...] and geographic regions will get there, and that capacity increase is reflected in the growth of long-haul networking demand. That’s why research such as this and new companies such as Cyan Optics are so important to [...]

By: The Coming Trans-Atlantic Bandwidth Crunch | Design Website

The Coming Trans-Atlantic Bandwidth Crunch | Design Website — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:17:28 +0000

[...] paying for expensive optical infrastructure. It’s a good thing that this undersea cable buildout is expected to be cheaper than the last one. From the report: Consequently, current wholesale rates of approximately $14,000 per month for [...]

By: The Coming Trans-Atlantic Bandwidth Crunch

The Coming Trans-Atlantic Bandwidth Crunch — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:04:39 +0000

By: Japan’s NTT Snaps Up Undersea Cable Co.

Japan’s NTT Snaps Up Undersea Cable Co. — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:01:34 +0000

[...] vital infrastructure connecting the web around the world. Earlier this month, we reported on the boom in undersea cable construction in response to a 64 percent surge in international bandwidth use last year. Asia is a huge and [...]

By: Fiber Boom in a Financial Bust « Media Experiences 2 Go

Fiber Boom in a Financial Bust « Media Experiences 2 Go — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:44:09 +0000

[...] to be renewed activity on the fiber network front. According to research firm TeleGeography (via GigaOM), more than 60% of US operators plan to light up more fiber in 2009, and telcos have 16 new [...]

By: Internet Marketing, Strategy & Technology Links - May 7, 2009 « Sazbean

Internet Marketing, Strategy & Technology Links - May 7, 2009 « Sazbean — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:26:40 +0000

[...] Demand for Bandwidth Leads to Fiber Boom (GigaOM) [...]

By: davidu

davidu — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:20:51 +0000

Maybe it’s time to build some more boats: http://www.orange.com/en_EN/group/network/The_activities_of_the_Groups_cable_laying_ships.html

:-)

By: Alan Cheslow: Demand for Bandwidth Leads to Fiber Boom - http://gigaom.com/2009/05/05/demand-for-bandwidth-leads-to-fiber-boom/ | Consumer Electronics, Social Media, and the Digital Home

Tue, 05 May 2009 17:00:17 +0000

[...] Alan Cheslow: Demand for Bandwidth Leads to Fiber Boom – http://gigaom.com/2009/05/05/demand-for-ban... May 5th, 2009 [...]

By: Antony

Antony — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:32:59 +0000

Good one!
While other countries get “up-to-dates”, we wait for the “wholesales” available.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:35:31 +0000

An up and coming “boom” in network capacity in fiber, on initial analysis, is seemingly a good thing for one and all. Unfortunately, there’s no indication of the infrastructure build-up necessary for to support the potential speeds of fiber. A quick lookup on Google for all the service providers (Verizon, AT&T, Time Warner, etc) results in many current articles about capping of speeds, an overall unwillingness to provide ubiquity of access, a multitude of inbred internal politics, and reactionary governmental agendas. In short, cable broadband and its adoption in the U.S. basically stinks like big moose poopies. Especially in comparison to Japan, South Korea, and parts of Europe. And while it’s easy to accept that we a very broad geography (and an extremely dated telecom network that needs updating), the fact that fiber has been around for so long (25+ years) and we’re just now talking about advanced fiber implementations…it’s just a frakkin’ travesty.