Posts Tagged ‘ fiber ’

Fiber Optic plan down the Sewer

August 13, 2010
By calhoun
Fiber Optic plan down the Sewer

Going down the sewer is a shitty business, quite literally. However a partnership between fiber telecommunications provider i3 Group and Wessex Water was going to at least provide the sewer system with high speed Internet. Specifically they planned on using the sewer system to roll out at a quite cost effective rate, fiber optical...
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Ultra-Fast Silicon Optical Network

July 27, 2010
By calhoun
Ultra-Fast Silicon Optical Network

I was recently observing that Fiber to the Home trials are under way – its a good step albeit many years late. Today Intel have decided to show off their new toy for the networking sector. Silicon Optical Fiber its a system that uses the advantages of silicon production: cost and speed of production...
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High speed everywhere but here.

July 13, 2010
By calhoun
High speed everywhere but here.

Not too many years ago many of us were sitting starting at our 56kbps modems wondering if this dial up was the one that would get us connected. I remember the day when broadband was finally rolled out to my village, I was hung over and slept through most of the event. My freind’s...
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