Five municipalities in Ontario's cottage country have recognized this and banded together to offer high -
speed fibre networking services to local businesses, administered by a division of the local power company.
Not exact matches
The reason to push
fibre out to households rather than to nodes, then, isn't just to make those gigabit
speeds possible, it's also to create fatter pipes so people aren't constrained in how much they can use the Internet, which they will be if copper wires are part of the plan (Update: one
network expert tells me that FTTN doesn't necessitate data caps, although that hasn't stopped providers of it from enforcing them, especially here in Canada)..
A spokesman for Cable.co.uk said the easiest way for the UK to climb the rankings is to get broadband to rural households with very low
speeds, and also roll out «
fibre to the home» (FTTH) broadband
networks.
In early May, Halifax - based Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund won an injunction against Rogers for misleading advertising in New Brunswick, where its high -
speed fibre optic
network managed to convince a judge that Rogers» claims were invalid there.
There's a slight difference in that Rogers»
network is a hybrid of existing
fibre and coaxial cable, which is why the company is able to provide gigabit
speeds on a faster timetable than competitors, and why it's unlikely to be able to offer similarly super-fast upload
speeds, at least for now.
MaRS Discovery District and the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical
Network (ORION) have agreed to collaborate and to connect the MaRS facilities with an ultra high - speed optical fibre connection to Ontario's advanced, fully optical R&E n
Network (ORION) have agreed to collaborate and to connect the MaRS facilities with an ultra high -
speed optical
fibre connection to Ontario's advanced, fully optical R&E
networknetwork.
It isn't possible to
speed up the flashes of light that stream through the global
network of optical
fibres at around 200 million metres per second.
The Venus
Fibre Network provides high
speed leased line communication to businesses and educational academies throughout London and the UK.
Venus own an independent dark
fibre network in London allowing us to offer high
speed fibre internet whilst maintaining control over end to end quality of service.
Apart from ensuring that their clients» legal interests are protected, Vantage Fx also uses cutting edge technology such as a
fibre optic
network to ensure that their clients are able to enjoy ultra fast trading execution
speeds.
Merging Bell Aliant with its existing operations will make it easier for BCE to expand its high -
speed wireless and Fibe TV
fibre optic
networks in Atlantic Canada.
In other words, it's the first to benefit from an ultra-fast
fibre optic (UFO) broadband
network, city wide, delivering
speeds of 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps).