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    1. AT&T Halts U-verse Builds

      Explore Dark Fiber (Feb 9 2012)

      AT&T, in a decision that is parallel to an earlier decision made by Verizon Communications, has decided to halt further expansion of its fiber to neighborhood program (U-verse) beyond the 30 million homes that can or will soon be able to access the service. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Verizon Communications   AT&T   Gary Kim

    2. 21Vianet Wins 2.3 GHz BWA Spectrum Bid in Hong Kong

      Explore Dark Fiber (Feb 7 2012) Applications

      21Vianet Wins 2.3 GHz BWA Spectrum Bid in Hong Kong 21Vianet Group, Inc., the largest carrier-neutral Internet data center services provider in China, has recently won the bid for radio spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band to provide broadband wireless access ("BWA") services in Hong Kong. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Jyothi Shanbhag

    3. Lucky Kansas City Residents May Soon Have Connection to Lightning-Fast Google Fiber

      Explore Dark Fiber (Feb 7 2012)

      Lucky Kansas City Residents May Soon Have Connection to Lightning-Fast Google Fiber Google Fiber may sound a bit like a high-tech breakfast cereal, but it's actually a multi-city experiment in super-fast Internet being conducted by the search giant. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Tracey E. Schelmetic

    4. ADVA Optical Intros User Network Interface for GMPLS Control Plane

      Explore Dark Fiber (Feb 7 2012)

      ADVA Optical Intros User Network Interface for GMPLS Control Plane ADVA Optical Networking has launched a new User Network Interface (UNI) for its Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) control plane, RAYcontrol. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Anshu Shrivastava

    5. Prospecting for Gold

      Explore Dark Fiber (Feb 7 2012)

      Prospecting for Gold One way is the carrier lit building list. Many carriers that own fiber provide these lists to their agents and sales people. It is a ready-made prospecting list. (Read Full Article)

    6. How Long to Make a Return on Fiber to Home?

      Explore Dark Fiber (Feb 3 2012)

      Much has been made recently of the agency agreements signed between Verizon Wireless and Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Bright House Networks, allowing each of the partners to sell the other parties' products. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Verizon Wireless   Time Warner Cable   Comcast

    7. Zayo Nearly Doubles Network with Acquisition of 360networks

      Explore Dark Fiber (Dec 5 2011) Marketing

      Zayo Nearly Doubles Network with Acquisition of 360networks After releasing countless announcements of partnerships and network expansion in the past couple of months alone, Zayo, provider of fiber-based Bandwidth Infrastructure and network-neutral collocation and interconnection services, and member of the Dark Fiber Community, has more news to add to its list of accomplishments this year. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Des Moines   Zayo Group   Denver Business Journal

    8. Windstream's Acquisition of PAETEC Will Solidify Number Four Position in the U.S: ATLANTIC-ACM

      Explore Dark Fiber (Aug 2 2011) Marketing

      Windstream's Acquisition of PAETEC Will Solidify Number Four Position in the U.S: ATLANTIC-ACM ATLANTIC-ACM, a provider of strategic research and consulting services serving the telecommunications and information industries, recently stated that Windstream's acquisition of PAETEC will solidify the combined entity's market position as the fourth in the U.S. business telecom services market. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T   Windstream   Atlantic-Acm

    9. How Much Can Fixed Networks Afford to Invest in Fiber?

      Explore Dark Fiber (May 19 2011) Marketing

      How much capital fixed-line service providers should plow into their Internet access business is partly an existential question, partly a strategic question and partly a practical matter of expected impact on equity value. By existential, one might say it relates directly to the matter of "do you want to be in business in 10 years," clearly a question related to "existence" or "demise." (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Gary Kim

    10. The Why of Broadband

      Explore Dark Fiber (May 5 2011)

      The Why of Broadband Even with all of the investment and development of broadband communications infrastructure going on around the world today, it still seems that some people are not sure what the end results will be, or actually produce in terms of gains in productivity, output, etc. Knowing what the output will be is the why anyone would input investment. Beyond the why is the how. That piece gets a lot easier once the fire is lit, but ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Hunter Newby

    11. European Commission Studying Interconnection Rules; will App Providers be Covered?

      Explore Dark Fiber (May 2 2011)

      Tensions seem to continue to mount in the network interconnection arena, and the issues are more complicated than in the past because traffic terminated by one network can get out of balance for any number of reasons, especially the need to terminate high amounts of video entertainment traffic. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Comcast   Gary Kim

    12. High-Speed Internet Growth Outpaces Cable Television Growth for Time Warner

      Explore Dark Fiber (Apr 29 2011)

      High-Speed Internet Growth Outpaces Cable Television Growth for Time Warner You'd be nervous if you were a cable provider right now, too. Video-on-demand? Netflix Instant Watch? YouTube? Hulu? Apple TV? What's a cable provider to do when it realizes no one wants to watch 24 minutes of commercials in a one-hour television show anymore? It had better hope that it's a robust provider of high-speed Internet access. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Time Warner   Tracey E. Schelmetic

    13. What are Google's Plans for 1-Gbps Network?

      Explore Dark Fiber (Apr 26 2011) Business Models , Marketing

      One question some might have about Google's symmetrical 1-Gbps fiber to the home network to be built in Kansas City, Kan., is whether it is a demonstration project, more concerned with seeing what sorts of new applications or user behaviors might arise when that sort of connectivity is available to consumers. Another question is whether Google believes it can uncover a new business model for the broadband access business, or whether Google believes it ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Gary Kim   Kansas City Star

    14. Level 3 Communications Buys Global Crossing

      Explore Dark Fiber (Apr 11 2011) Marketing

      Level 3 Communications is buying Global Crossing, a move that will bolster the half of Level 3's business that represents retail services to enterprises and mid-market customers. About 48 percent of Level 3 Communications' revenue is classified as "wholesale." On its own, Level 3's product mix includes 13 percent voice services, 25 percent data services, 41 percent wavelengths and private line and 21 percent dark fiber or data center services. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Gary Kim

    15. What is the State of Broadband Access in Minnesota and Other Rural Areas?

      Explore Dark Fiber (Feb 25 2011) Marketing

      As of October 2010, terrestrial, fixed broadband providers offer service to 96.59 percent of all Minnesota households, according to a new study by Connect Minnesota. This implies that an estimated 66,647 Minnesota households (3.41 percent) lack basic broadband service and remain unserved by terrestrial or fixed broadband the "Minnesota Broadband Availability and Adoption Statistics" report says. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Gary Kim   National Telecommunications Cooperative Association

    16. Research Study: Prospects for Fiber Broadband Bright

      Explore Dark Fiber (Nov 16 2010)

      ABI Research's Broadband Subscribers Market Data study, which is updated biannually, profiles subscriber trends categorized by operator, country and technology. According to its most recent study, DSL broadband continues to remain the dominant platform, in spite of strong growth in fiber broadband subscriptions. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   DSL

    17. Verizon Performs Field Trials of XG-PON2 to Boost FiOS Network

      Explore Dark Fiber (Nov 3 2010)

      Verizon, adding to its never-ending list of firsts, has taken a leap into next-generation technology by positioning itself to deliver a 10 Gbps broadband connection symmetrically. This was made possible after it successfully completed the world's first field trial of XG-PON2 GPON FTTH. (Read Full Article)

    18. Economic Development Execs Think Broadband Promotes Development

      Explore Dark Fiber (Oct 19 2010)

      It would come as no surprise that people working in the economic development business for local government think broadband promotes or even causes some amount of local economic development. Most of us likely would agree that lack of broadband can discourage economic development, at least in the form of business relocations to an area, or housing growth that brings in new residents from outside the region. (Read Full Article)

    19. Debate Over DSL, Hybrid Fiber Coax Networks Won't Go Away

      Explore Dark Fiber (Sep 17 2010)

      If you had to assess the degree to which executives in the communications business believe fiber-to-the-home is needed right now, you would find Verizon Communications and hundreds of small, independent telcos who would answer "yes." (Read Full Article)

    20. Broadband Prices Drop, 'Fiber to Where You Can Make Money,' Still an Issue

      Explore Dark Fiber (Aug 30 2010) Marketing

      Broadband prices remained somewhat stable during the recession, but have fallen in the past six months, according to researchers at Analysys Mason. The average price paid for a fixed broadband service bundle (a single-, double- or triple-play package) has declined by about $6.25 a month between the fourth quarter of 2009 and the second quarter of 2010, Analysys Mason says. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Analysys Mason

    21. FiOS and U-verse Results Raise Questions, But Shouldn't

      Explore Dark Fiber (Aug 2 2010)

      In other words, AT&T is selling more units than Verizon is. Does that mean anything in particular? Probably not. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T

    22. Will Undersea Routes Run Out of Capacity by 2017?

      Explore Dark Fiber (Aug 2 2010)

      Few issues in the global long-haul bandwidth business are as perennial as capacity growth and pricing trends. The former always is of interest as an indicator of sales growth and capital investment requirements; the latter is of interest as a key component to profit margins in a business that generally expects falling prices per bit over time. (Read Full Article)

    23. U.S. "Still" 23rd Globally in Broadband, Study Finds

      Explore Dark Fiber (Jul 22 2010)

      South Korea holds on to the title of the world's most advanced broadband market. Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Lithuania, and Japan round out the top five slots, using a five-item method of calculating an index. Strategy Analytics says the measures are household penetration, speed, affordability, value for money, and "urbanicity." (Read Full Article)

    24. Broadband "Jobs Created or Saved"

      Explore Dark Fiber (Jul 21 2010)

      No economist has ever used a metric such as "jobs created or saved" to measure employment statistics, though that is the "metric" being peddled to the American people as a serious indicator of how well the econonomic stimulus plans have worked. No economist appears to use the metric because there is no way to collect the fundamental statistics that would be required to make such a measurement. (Read Full Article)