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On Topic: Fiber Fuels Rural Communities’ Economic Future

jelawrence — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 20:09:11 +0000

Did you know every dollar invested in broadband returns nearly 4 dollars to the economy? With the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) state allocations announced on June 26, states are now proactively creating plans to build high speed broadband networks to the unserved and underserved – all the way down to the last home […]

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Benefits of Deploying Fiber to MDUs First

jelawrence — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 16:24:04 +0000

Transcript: Hi, I’m Mark Boxer, Technical Manager with OFS, and here’s what’s new in my world. The first waves of fiber deployments were focused on single family homes and for good reason. There wasn’t as much demand for bandwidth and MDU or multi dwelling units and 15 to 20 years ago we just really didn’t […]

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MDU!Click, An FTTx Installation System

jelawrence — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 13:24:53 +0000

Pay as you grow with MDU!Click Transcript Hi, I’m John George, Senior Director of Solutions Engineering and Fusion Splicers at OFS. What’s new in my world is our new MDU!Click® Solution for fiber deployment in buildings. With the MDU!Click Solution we can defer the cost of a splitter module until we have a higher take […]

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A Fiber Broadband Success Story: Sandy, Oregon

jelawrence — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 21:34:19 +0000

Transcript: Sandy Oregon located about 30 miles from downtown Portland is blessed with beautiful mountain scenery but unfortunately its great location also leads to challenges when it comes to being connected to the outside world. In 2002 city officials had the vision to start their own internet service provider and offer affordable internet service to […]

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5G: What’s All the Hoopla About?

lwerner — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 19:10:50 +0000

There’s been lots of excitement and even some “hype” around the idea of 5G. But what is it really? Does it mean just faster internet? Will it really be that much better than 4G? Many people are asking these questions as the FCC begins to auction the first licenses for the airwaves that will carry […]

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Rural Broadband Projects to Receive $97 Million Investment from USDA

lwerner — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 19:49:23 +0000

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest $95 million to improve or expand access to broadband internet in the rural U.S. The 12 projects involved will include converting exchanges from copper to optical fiber and also building a fiber-to-the-home network to meet future demand. These projects will expand access to educational, social and […]

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Invisibility Cloaking Could Help to Secure Data Sent Over Optical Fiber

lwerner — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 17:13:35 +0000

Shades of Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak! A recent study in Optica describes a new way to achieve cloaking invisibility. In this method, researchers manipulated the frequency (color) of light waves passing through an object. This approach overcomes critical shortcomings in existing cloaking technologies. The research team says that this technique could help to secure data […]

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