March 2009 Archives

I will be moderating a panel at the Datacenter Dynamics Conference April 21st, 2009 in Washington DC and we will cover a few key points of interest as it relates to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 also known as the US Broadband Stimulus Package.

Broadband Bonanza - Demand Driven

How will the Information Superhighway and Data Center Fabric be Reshaped by New Demands of Content and Data?

Once ranked 4th in the world by the OECD, the U.S. has fallen to 15th among developed countries in broadband penetration. Initiatives for green infrastructure and smart energy grids are one thing, but they all must be connected - the backbone of the digital recovery is fiber. Over $6.5 billion in funds for broadband expansion will be spent, but that will depend on a new definition of network neutrality from the Federal Communications Commission

• How will grants be channeled to local governments, ISPs and consumers?
• Will neutral network management requirements discourage ISPs from applying for broadband expansion grants?
• Determining the impact of  virtualization, cloud computing, and data and content warehousing requirements on advanced automation, analytics and fast reporting
• Maximizing energy efficient performance at the lowest possible price 

I just returned from being at Comptel in Dallas, TX from Sunday through Wednesday. It was the first time Allied Fiber officially exhibited at an industry conference. Our message was well received by a vast majority of the market - those in search of new dark fiber for lease - and the feedback was extremely positive.

We met with 40+ companies all with a desire to lease dark fiber for long and short haul as well as for cellular backhaul.  Aside from the volume of demand they each possessed for dark fiber what was interesting was the range of applications. I tried to keep a record of everything we came across:

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