At NXTcomm Microsoft announced expansion and rebranding of their IPTV platform. The new name is Mediaroom. A demonstration of the system can be found here . The system integrates media sources through a simple user interface. It provides the ability to Read More...

Today Verizon announced they have installed their millionth FiOS service. In addition, they are close to 500,000 video customers. There have been significant questions about FiOS, a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) solution, as deployment costs are projected Read More...

I'm on the road this week and teaching a class on optical networks and a bit of wireless. So I figured I'd just harness some of the material I'm teaching for today's PodSnack. SO for today I've chosen to talk about Ethernet over SONET Read More...