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What’s That Buzz?
With OFC/NFOEC just around the corner, I thought it might be fun to guess at what the big news might be on the show floor. While predicting buzz can be a hazardous endeavor, the steady ramp up in press releases leading up to the big event, plus the program guide give pretty good hints.
Big again this year appears to be coherent detection, though not necessarily for the same reasons as last year. Coherent was a buzz word at last year’s OFC/NFOEC, primarily because it enabled 100GE transmission, and neither was quite ready for primetime yet. Fast forward a year, and now coherent is once again in the limelight, but not just because of 100GE. Over the last year, creative people have started to realize what the extra link budget means to system architecture. More recently, they have realized that the digital filter that allows recovery of the PM-QPSK signal also can be used for other digital filtering purposes. Consider 2500km with no dispersion compensation whatsoever, and how it would change the network landscape.
Innovation leaders: A Q&A with Loic Le Meur (Seesmic CEO)
The tech industry is driven by innovation. It’s the beating pulse that propels the development of new solutions, new platforms and new ways of thinking. After many years in the tech industry, I still wake up each morning excited by the prospect of new ideas and opportunities that may change our society and the way we experience the world.
One of the people at the centre of this tech innovation is Loic Le Meur, CEO of Seesmic and founder of LeWeb. I recently had a chance to catch up with Loic and ask him a few questions on innovation and its impact on today’s networks.
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How much bandwidth do I need?
Question: Which bandwidth will I need to my home in 10 years – 100Mbit/s, 1Gbit/s, 10Gbit/s or more?
Answer: Yes!
I was at the FTTH Council Europe conference in Milan, Italy, last week. I participated at the NGA workshop and was asked what I think would be the residential bandwidth in 10 years. Others were asked as well and the answers ranged from 100Mbit/s to 10Gbit/s and more. And I thought: hey, everyone is right! You can’t predict it. And it’ll depend on people’s services consuming behavior. The only thing we can say is that history tells us that bandwidth will continue to increase. Every year.
Is this the age of the Internet kill switch?
Recent political upheaval in Tunisia, Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries has once again brought into sharp focus the role the Internet plays as a means of communication. Whether as a tool to report events to the outside world or as a weapon of government-sponsored propaganda, the Internet is now a critical element of any political action. Yet while some commentators are quick to claim the success of so-called ‘Twitter revolutions’ others are starting to question the Internet’s independence.
When Egypt’s President Mubarak decided to sever Internet connections during the height of January’s protests, it called into question access to a service many of us simply accept as a basic human right. Between January 28 and February 2, Internet-based communication with Egypt was impossible. Posts to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other online platforms stopped. While Google and other service providers found creative workarounds, including innovative ways to tweet from analogue phone connections, the Internet blackout highlighted the power of governments to effectively kill the Internet.
Universal broadband: More than just bandwidth
The term ‘networked nation’ was bandied about in 2010 with alarming regularity. Barely a month passed without government officials espousing the virtues of universal broadband and its associated economic and social benefits. But while many talked generalities and the promise of impressive data speeds, there were few who actually discussed roadmaps or key milestones. Even more alarming was the absence of education as a critical part in the rollout of universal broadband.
The balance between infrastructure and education needs to be readdressed in 2011; otherwise we risk millions upon millions of people remaining disenfranchised and ultimately disconnected. In this respect, the UK has started the year strongly with two key projects initiated by the country’s Digital Champion, Martha Lane Fox, as part of the Race Online 2012 campaign. The more critical of the two projects involves Ms. Fox working closely with local authorities to ensure they’re engaged with communities and effectively promoting the values and benefits of broadband connectivity.
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