Blog Profile / Fiberevolution
| URL : | http://fiberevolution.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Utilities / Communication | |
| Posts on Regator: | 157 | |
| Posts / Week: | 1.5 | |
| Archived Since: | May 27, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
So much for mobile-only network strategies…
I had a “wow!” moment this morning reviewing a presentation given by WiK’s Scott Marcus entitled State-of-the-Art Mobile Internet connectivity (thanks for Chris Marsden for pointing this out). In particular, there’s one graph in there that blew my mind, I’m reproducing it here. Source: Mobidia / Informa (2013) This shows the proportion of mobile [...]
Real-Estate and Fiber in Lebanon
After the FTTH Council Europe Real-estate and FTTH webinar (the replay of which can be found here), I was sent this picture by a contact in Lebanon. It’s good to see that – especially in emerging markets – the perception of the added value of fiber for new developments exists. Related Posts:Benefits of FTTH for [...]
Hilarious NBN commentary…
I already published a humorous video on the Australian Coalition’s NBN plan last week, but this one is even better. Why don’t we get this kind of humour in France ? Related Posts:Gives FTTB a whole new meaning…Canadians laugh (to stop from crying)Interviews at the Milan FTTH ConferenceXavier Niel on French TVInterview on Australian Telecom [...]
Data Caps are the new front on the net neutrality war
The tech press has been abuzz last week when it was first leaked and later announced that Deutsche Telekom would soon apply data caps to their wireline broadband offers (see this Fierce Telecom article for details.) Unlike AT&T style caps, heavy users will not be charged overage, they will be throttled to service levels marginally [...]
FTTH Benefits for Real-Estate Webinar Replay
The replay for the FTTH Benefits for Real-Estate Webinar is up on Vimeo. You can find it here: Video Webinar 18 April 2013 – The Positive Effects of FTTH for Real Estate Projects from paftthcouncileu on Vimeo. I’ve also uploaded the slides on slideshare if you’re interested, they’re here. Related Posts:Successful FTTH Service Strategies ReplayBenefits [...]
This is why Net Neutrality matters. Yes, this.
I have written a fair bunch recently about Net Neutrality, and I’ll be writing some more, because this is by no means an issue that’s going anywhere in the near future. Meanwhile though, I wanted to relay an example of a blatant neutrality breach that really stunned me. It was reported by Zachary Henkel on [...]
Interview on Australian Telecom Podcast Crosstalk
Last week I was interviewed by Phil Dobbie on the Australian Telecom Podcast Crosstalk about the viability of on-demand FTTP. The whole show addresses issues of copper pull-through with an AAAC representative and on-demand FTTP as seen from the UK perspective as well as my own comments on the issue. Related Posts:Gives FTTB a whole [...]
Gives FTTB a whole new meaning…
It’s not every day I see comedy that not only mentions but actually addresses fiber related topics, so I’m not going to let this one pass! This is the fabled Australian comic duo Clarke and Dawe on the Opposition’s NBN plan. Related Posts:Wealth and Life Expectancy since the 1800sNow THAT's a good catch-up TV advert…Xavier [...]
Don’t put your trust in on-demand FTTP…
One of the most interesting features of this week’s alternative NBN plan published by the Australian opposition (see my article Australia’s NBN becomes a political football on Telecom TV) is this notion of “on-demand FTTP”. On paper, there’s a lot to be said for this concept. Basically, the operator (public or private) deploys Fiber to [...]
Benefits of FTTH for Real-Estate Players
At the FTTH Council Europe conference in London, I presented the results of a study commissioned by the Council on the benefits of FTTH deployment for real-estate players. 8 real-estate companies were interviewed extensively to understand how they viewed FTTH, having deployed it, and if they perceived benefits in integrating FTTH in the properties they [...]
Susan Crawford throws her hat in the ring
During Mobile World congress, Telefonica Executive Chariman Alierta made an impassioned speech asking for the European market to be more like the US when it comes to telecoms. Here is a quoted segment of his speech: “But we’re behind. It’s not normal that the main concern is that there should be three or four operators [...]
Awareness of FTTH/LTE Symbiosis is Growing
I have in the past been very vocal about the need to understand FTTH and LTE in symbiosis. I was therefore quite pleased and interested to read the following interview of Suresh Sidhu, CCO of Celcom Axiata Berhad in Malaysia where he says (amongst other things): “FTTH is key to meeting business and consumer needs”. In [...]
Debunking the Free-Rider Myth
The debate on net neutrality has been heated these last few months, with various initiatives both at policy levels and ISP levels highlighting the need to clarify how internet traffic is carried so that journalists and members of the public can form an opinion on these issues for themselves. A while ago, I was asked [...]
I Want Fiber
One of my greatest frustration is not being able to get fiber to my home (yet). According to their customer service, SFR tells me that I should be eligible within 3 to 6 months, but I’ll believe it when I see it. Meanwhile, I was venting that frustration last night playing around with Phoster, a [...]
The Low Down on French FTTH (as seen from Australia)
Sydney Opera House by Kurtis Garbutt On March 22nd, The Australian published an editorial I wrote on the French FTTH policy model. This came about because in recent weeks the Australian NBN has been under a lot of criticism and announcements on the French FTTH plans have been used in the political sparring there. Sadly, [...]
What it takes to compete with Over-The-Top television
For the last few weeks, I have been busy working on a big in-depth report on NGA services. Although its importance can sometimes be exaggerated, TV content is of course at the heart of NGA portfolio considerations, and I wanted to delve a little bit here into how I have examined that issue. The notion [...]
On Broadband Value Perception
I have great news to share with you today: Eurotelcoblog, the original disruptive telecom blog that inspired so many (myself included) is back! James Enck posted a very interesting entry today (peppered with his usual sharp wit) about value perception in the broadband market, arguing that customer perceptions are largely skewed when it comes to [...]
One Battle Won
As some of you may know, US incumbents and cable operators have been lobbying fiercely in the last few years to forbid local governments by law of investing in broadband infrastructure. This morning, one such bill which was to be voted by the Georgia legislature was repealed. I wanted to publish the comic strip that [...]
On abundance and disruption…
I have been invited to contribute my thoughts to the Technically Speaking blog edited and moderated by the excellent Gareth Spence. My first contribution went up yesterday under the title of Scarcity is the Achilles’ Heel of Legacy Broadband. I’m going to try and make these on a regular basis; they will at times move [...]
How long do typical incumbent shareholders keep their shares ?
Not long, that’s how long. Stefan Stanislawski writes a really interesting blog post over at Fibernomics.com entitled Typical major telco shareholders hold the stock less than a year – is this really the right type of capital to fund fibre? Stefan details the average duration of investors holding on free float shares for major European [...]