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East Africa Submarine System - EASSy - Complete

The EASSy international fiber-optic cable was completed ahead of schedule. This is big news for Africa and just in time for the FIFA World Cup. It is not a surprise that this major global sporting event was a major driver for all of this new investment. Full Story

Posted on April 25, 2010 10:33 PM

FCC National Broadband Plan - Washington DC Workshop

On August 12, 2009 I spoke on a broadband panel at the FCC in Washington DC. It was quite an experience. In all of my years of public speaking I have never been given a 3 minute time limit for my introduction. There is a lot to say about dark fiber, carrier hotels, data centers, Ethernet, wavelengths, wireless broadband, voice peering, etc. Thankfully the FCC were gracious hosts and the panel went for 2 hours, so everyone got to make their points. Full Story

Posted on August 18, 2009 2:27 PM

Allied Fiber's National Broadband Plan Comments

Although this is overly Internet related, it is so due to the overwhelming popularity of the Internet and its seemingly synonomus relationship with the term and concept of broadband. Too much is made of the Internet and not enough of physical access to it for many to realize that the root issues are in the ducts and dark fiber. Full Story

Posted on June 22, 2009 2:10 AM