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Want to work on Allied’s system?

Posted by on December 1, 2010 at 10:53 am

Allied Fiber is the most asked about project. I have talked to them about making it easy for FiberToTheWhatever readers to get some of the work. While the construction projects are not planned to come up for bid, there are opportunities to work for Allied’s customers. They need to get connection from their premise to [...]

Allied Fiber

Posted by on November 24, 2010 at 7:30 pm

As I said yesterday, Hunter Newby, CEO of Allied Fiber took a few minutes out to chat with me. As is relevant to FiberToTheWhatever.com (FTTw), I asked how I can make the work that is sure to come from their 11,500 mile fiber ring more available to the mid to small contractors. Mr. Newby told [...]

Interview with Hunter Newby – Allied Fiber CEO

Posted by on November 23, 2010 at 6:50 pm

Allied Fiber is the number one topic for questions I get from this site. Today they released a press release in regard to securing funding to complete their first leg from New York to Chicago and New York to Ashburn, VA. I’m excited that Hunter Newby, CEO of Allied Fiber is taking a few minutes for the [...]

Allied Fiber Press Release

Posted by on November 23, 2010 at 6:37 pm

Allied Fiber to Complete Construction of 1,300 Route-Mile Phase One Component of a Nationwide, Carrier-Neutral, Dark Fiber Network First Phase One Construction Underway of the 11,548 Route-Mile, Five-Phase Plan Ringing the United States NEW YORK, New York (November 23, 2010) – Allied Fiber announces today that the Company has entered into financing arrangements with financial partners, [...]

DSL Phantom Mode should hold copper over until FTTw takes over

Posted by on October 27, 2010 at 8:39 am

This is one of two announcements I received from Alcatel-Lucent this morning: Alcatel-Lucent is – more than ever – leading in next-generation access, as it has received the Broadband InfoVision Award in the “Broadband Innovation of the Year” category for its DSL Phantom Mode breakthrough. Building on VDSL2 Bonding, Vectoring and the analog “phantom mode” [...]

Alcatel-Lucent engages in world’s first symmetrical 10G GPON trials

Posted by on October 27, 2010 at 8:38 am

This is the second: Alcatel-Lucent today announces that its symmetrical 10G GPON technology will accommodate the world’s first symmetrical 10G GPON trials – one with Verizon, and one with Portugal Telecom. Using this technology, broadband speeds — 10Gbps in both the upstream and downstream directions — can be used to provide advanced and innovative services [...]