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French regulator launches public consultations on fiber deployments

ARCEP, the French telecoms regulator, is launching two public consultations to determine whether the risk of monopolization of fiber networks exists under the current regime, whereby fiber infrastructure is laid out by different entities without mutual sharing of access. ARCEP, the French telecoms regulator, is launching two public consultations before the summer to determine whether [...]

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EarthLink to use Alpheus fiber network in Texas

EarthLink will be using the fiber optic network of Alpheus Communications as the backhaul for its citywide Wi-Fi network in Corpus Christi, Texas. The purpose is to provide a lot of bandwidth to users of the network. EarthLink announced today that it will be using the extensive fiber optic network of Alpheus Communications to support [...]

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Neuf offers 50 Mbps in Paris for 30 EUR per month

The high speed broadband market in Europe is really heating up with prices going down and bandwidth up. The latest offering in Paris: 50 Mbps symmetrical (fiber) service for 30 EUR per month. Neuf is competing with Iliad/Free’s FTTH service by offering 30 EUR per month service in Paris that includes 50 Mbps symmetrical access, [...]

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Augmenting WiMAX Backhaul with Optical Fiber Infrastructure

Many municipalities have existing optical fiber infrastructure winding underground along city streets. When installing a municipal network, it’s sometimes possible to take advantage of this fiber for augmenting the backhaul necessary for interfacing mesh gateways to aggregation points.Many municipalities have existing optical fiber infrastructure winding underground along city streets. When installing a municipal network, it’s [...]

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Stratix releases Dutch FTTH study

Stratix Consulting has published a study of the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) market in the Netherlands. The study reveals that 111,000 homes were connected as of December 2006. The number of served subscribers has surpassed 76,000 and the vast majority of those had symmetric 100 Mbps service. Stratix Consulting has published a study of the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) [...]

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