Archive for February, 2007

No sale

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Concord Monitor - Concord,NH,USA In the south and Seacoast areas of the state, Verizon has started to build a fiber optic network (FIOS) that can carry phone, TV and high-speed internet. …

Face off: New legislation would let AT&T, others quickly enter TV …

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Gainesville Times - Gainesville,GA,USA … reach nearly 19 million households by the end of 2008 as part of its initial deployment, using fiber-to-the-node and fiber-to-the-premises technologies. …

IsoSphere Ball Lenses for Fiber Optics Coupling

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Photonics.com - Pittsfield,MA,USA The lenses can be used in fiber-to-fiber, diode-to-fiber or fiber-to- detector coupling tasks. IsoSphere ball lenses are extremely stable over temperature …

Fiber Optic Safety Grid is rated for explosive atmospheres.

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) - New York,NY,USA Designed for use with the PICO-GUARD Fiber Optic Controller, PICO-GUARD Grids provide a reliable optically based, non-contact solution for perimeter and …

BROADBAND: could “fibre to the home”

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Hebweb - UK Fibre to the home (FTTH) or fibre to the premises (FTTP) is the supply of telecommunications services to customers’ premises using optical fibre instead of …

MIT Scientists Reach Fiber-Optic Breakthrough

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Slashdot - USA kcurtis writes “The AP (via boston.com) has a story about how MIT scientists have detailed a breakthrough in optics that could lead to cheaper, …

New chip bolsters fiber optics

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA “It will push the boundary between optics and electronics very close to the end customer,” he said. “And that will be the significance — it will open the …

Repeating History: There You Go Again

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Cable360.net - New York,NY,USA Ackerman, since he was on a panel with Walter Delph, director of content and programming at Verizon FiOS TV, was confident that a deep fiber network will do …

Verizon Never Stops Working Against You

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA “In December I installed Verizon FiOS,” the reader wrote. “Getting information from Verizon other than ‘we come out and install it’ was like pulling teeth. …

HD Observer: Verizon HD Offers Sharper Pictures

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

TVPredictions.com (press release) - USA The FiOS HD is clearer with a razor sharp picture, more detail and more vibrant color. This is true on all my sets, the biggest of which is a 50-inch …