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Bootstrapping an All Fiber Network – Part 1
“You can’t conduct your life with dial-up; this [broadband] isn’t a luxury question,” said Dr. Tim Nulty of ecFiber.net. In part one of this two-part interview, he explains how one community is bootstrapping the creation of an all fiber network in a very rural part of Vermont. His comments, made in April 2012, were prescient…
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Will Speedier Rivals Impact Cable Operators?
Are cable operators doomed by the limitations of the very same infrastructure that has given them the competitive edge in many urban markets? This question was posed in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal article, Speedier Internet Rivals Push Past Cable. This article highlighted operators that have fiber networks that can deliver more bandwidth than traditional cable architectures.…
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Community at the Broadband Communities 2012
Community is the recurring theme from the many interviews filmed at the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit. It is clear from those who are leading the way, that broadband is more than a high-speed connection. The above video provides highlights from a sample of the dozens of speakers at the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit. These speakers…
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Fiber to the Gas Station
Selling pickaxes to miners is one way to cash in on a gold rush. In the modern-day gold rush that is the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota, existing businesses and new businesses are booming thanks to the oil drilling frenzy (some estimate 2,000 wells will be drilled this year). One of the big challenges…
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3M Connectivity Points in 18 Months in Ohio
Connecting the rest of Ohio with broadband is the goal of Agile Networks. In this interview at the TIA 2012, Agile Networks’ CTO Kyle Quillen explains how they will be using a hybrid network of fiber and wireless to bring broadband to both the unserved and served areas of Ohio. The roots of this project…
