---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <1synr7yql13ls.blqkrl4mqita$.dlg@40tude.net> Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 01:08:40 -0400 From: tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> Subject: Huawei offering Spanish Telefonica 100+ Gbps data According to a recent Ziff-Davis article by Corinne Reichert, <http://www.zdnet.com/article/huawei-and-telefonica-constructing-100g-network-in-spain/>, > Huawei has announced that it will be constructing an "intelligent metro > network" capable of speeds of up to 100Gbps in Spain in conjunction with > telecommunications carrier Telefonica, in order to enable low-latency and > high-bandwidth services. > > Serving as Telefonica's underlying transport network, Huawei's Optical > Transport Network (OTN) solution will provide 100Gbps/200Gbps bandwidth, > and supports future progression to 400Gbps, ... More in the article. Makes old SNET territory in New England look positively data-backwater-ish, with top data speeds, near me, of 750 Kbps, a good 5 orders of magnitude (or more) slower. Cheers, -- tlvp -- Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <1oxo5go9tv7o1$.1ly1ow5nmldqz.dlg@40tude.net> Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 20:02:40 -0400 From: tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> Subject: New magnet to control Dirac fermions On the principle that anything new related to semiconductors is, sooner or later, of interest to telecom, I offer this link to recent work on achieving a bulk half-integer Quantum Hall effect: "Researchers from Osaka University and the University of Tokyo have announced the discovery of a new magnet, which is capable of controlling Dirac fermions with zero mass." (Details in the URL.) The title in quotes is good bait to use on a Google fly-rod for more info. http://phys.org/news/2016-03-discovery-magnet-capable-dirac-fermions.html Fascinating developments. Cheers, -- tlvp -- Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20160504183539.GA26740@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 14:35:39 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon workers' union wants investigation of forced fiber upgrades Verizon workers' union wants investigation of forced fiber upgrades Verizon calls complaint "ridiculous," [and says it is] just a negotiating tactic during strike. by Jon Brodkin A union representing Verizon workers has asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate the company's copper-to-fiber upgrades, saying Verizon is pressuring customers to switch even when they don't want to. The complaint stems from Verizon's "Fiber is the Only Fix" program, in which Verizon automatically sets up copper-to-fiber upgrades when customers with copper-based landline phones call for repairs twice in 18 months. Though many customers welcome the shift to fiber because it brings more reliable and faster Internet access, some prefer to keep copper-based landline phones because they can remain in service during long power outages. http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/05/verizon-workers-union-wants-investigation-of-forced-fiber-upgrades/ -- Bill Horne ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20160504182953.GA26719@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 14:29:53 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon Strike Update: Day 22 Verizon Strike Update: Day 22, Bargaining Impasse, 'Day Of Action' Planned By ERIC KIEFER May 4, 2016 - Almost a week has passed since Verizon made its "final offer" to almost 40,000 striking workers and members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and the Communications Workers of America (CWA). While company and union representatives have conducted recent bar- gaining meetings, no significant action has resulted, according to their reports. http://patch.com/new-jersey/hoboken/verizon-strike-update-unions-pan-companys-final-offer-0 -- Bill Horne ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 05 May 2016