Comments on: Whither the Fiber-Optic Future? http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/01/31/whither-the-fiber-optic-future/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:32:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: robhyndman.com http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/01/31/whither-the-fiber-optic-future/comment-page-1/#comment-1090 robhyndman.com Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:29:42 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/01/31/whither-the-fiber-optic-future/#comment-1090 [...] Bruce Kuchnick guest blogs on Jeff Pulver’s blog today. Related Posts [...] [...] Bruce Kuchnick guest blogs on Jeff Pulver’s blog today. Related Posts [...]

]]> By: robhyndman.com http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/01/31/whither-the-fiber-optic-future/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 robhyndman.com Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:11:44 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/01/31/whither-the-fiber-optic-future/#comment-1041 [...] 3. So how is it that the fat pipe has suddenly become so choked with traffic that neutrality is an issue? Earlier this week one would have thought that it was historical under-development of the pipe by the telecoms. But perhaps it’s also because their business model - being both the pipe’s manager and a supplier of content to the pipe - is hopelessly conflicted. And so, hot on the heels of the release of Bruce Kushnick’s The $200 Billion Broadband Scandal, comes a report from Business Week that Verizon wants to dedicate a chunk of “its” capacity to itself and not to its competitors in the application provider market: Documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission show that Verizon Communications (VZ) is setting aside a wide lane on its fiber-optic network for delivering its own television service. According to Marvin Sirbu, an engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon University who examined the documents, more than 80% of Verizon’s current capacity is earmarked for carrying its service, while all other traffic jostles in the remainder. [...] [...] 3. So how is it that the fat pipe has suddenly become so choked with traffic that neutrality is an issue? Earlier this week one would have thought that it was historical under-development of the pipe by the telecoms. But perhaps it’s also because their business model – being both the pipe’s manager and a supplier of content to the pipe – is hopelessly conflicted. And so, hot on the heels of the release of Bruce Kushnick’s The $200 Billion Broadband Scandal, comes a report from Business Week that Verizon wants to dedicate a chunk of “its” capacity to itself and not to its competitors in the application provider market: Documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission show that Verizon Communications (VZ) is setting aside a wide lane on its fiber-optic network for delivering its own television service. According to Marvin Sirbu, an engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon University who examined the documents, more than 80% of Verizon’s current capacity is earmarked for carrying its service, while all other traffic jostles in the remainder. [...]

]]> By: judson http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/01/31/whither-the-fiber-optic-future/comment-page-1/#comment-1036 judson Wed, 01 Feb 2006 08:53:51 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/01/31/whither-the-fiber-optic-future/#comment-1036 I really hope this whole issue gets enough attention to make our congresspeople care more about votes than they do about the lobbying dollars. I am somewhat hopeful, connection speed is something that's not too terribly difficult to explain to even non-technophiles, but I honestly don't see companies doing this without some sort of regulatory mandate. I really hope this whole issue gets enough attention to make our congresspeople care more about votes than they do about the lobbying dollars. I am somewhat hopeful, connection speed is something that’s not too terribly difficult to explain to even non-technophiles, but I honestly don’t see companies doing this without some sort of regulatory mandate.

]]> By: mathewingram.com/work http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/01/31/whither-the-fiber-optic-future/comment-page-1/#comment-1034 mathewingram.com/work Wed, 01 Feb 2006 03:28:03 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/01/31/whither-the-fiber-optic-future/#comment-1034 <strong>An exposé on telecom bait-and-switch...</strong> I don’t know telecom analyst Bruce Kushnick, but I’m definitely interested in the subject of a new book he has written (and is selling himself using the Internet). In a nutshell, the topic of his book is a scam that the major U.S. telecoms... An exposé on telecom bait-and-switch…

I don’t know telecom analyst Bruce Kushnick, but I’m definitely interested in the subject of a new book he has written (and is selling himself using the Internet). In a nutshell, the topic of his book is a scam that the major U.S. telecoms…

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