Ger Vloothuis

ANGA Cable 2010 - Cologne

The ANGA Cable 2010 show closed off a week ago in Cologne, Germany, with a record number of 10% more visitors than the previous year. If there was a recession somewhere, it doesn't seem to be in the cable and ... Read more

PBN launched BSG-8000 EdgeQAM at CCBN 2010

Beijing, China, 19 March 2010 - PBN, a leading supplier of optical broadband products and technology solutions, today announced that the company will be launching its new Light Link Series 2® BSG-8000 Broadband Services Gateway unit at CCBN 2010. What’s ... Read more

FTTH Council - Lisbon Portugal - 24 & 25 February 2010

On 24 and 25 February 2010 it is party time for the fibre-to-the-home fraternity in Europe and far around. Followers of the French Fiberevolution, the Dutch Fibre Mafia, the Australian Broadbandits, the Danish Glass Vikings and many other interested parties ... Read more

NBN Industry Briefing - Melbourne 29 January 2010

This working week ended with a nice and sunny Friday afternoon in Melbourne CBD. Around noon the corner of Swanston and La Trobe streets was occupied by a rent-a-mob showing placards and signs with slogans claiming that most banks are ... Read more

Make love, not war!

Somewhere during early May 2009 there was a gathering in Melbourne of FTTH notables. The FTTH Council Asia Pacific had their annual conference with an exhibition, and a nice Gala Diner in the Melbourne Town Hall. Complete with a spooky ... Read more

Australian Broadbandits

The Australian National Broadband Network Company staff advertisements in the last weeks carried the tagline "Broadbanding Australia". That is a noble wish of course. Just asking to play with the words. Like the Dutch did when they nicknamed their local ... Read more

Fibre to the Tree (FTTT)

It has been some years ago that your scribe answered a random phone call that later turned out to be a complex FTTT (Fibre to the Tree) affair. One of the many calls that routinely that end up in our ... Read more

A happy weekend for the Australia National Broadband Netw...

This weekend has been surprisingly happy for the Australia National Broadband Network fraternity. After nearly half a year of humming and dust storms everywhere, some real progress is now showing up for everyone to see and experience. First of all, ... Read more