by Jonathan Crawford | May 5, 2016
We’re talking again today about the power of G-PON technology and the future of fiber networks. The highest bandwidth rate standard for passive optical networks is NG-PON2. It relies on time and wavelength division multiplexing which combines 4-8 wavelengths at... Read More
by Jonathan Crawford | May 3, 2016
With the recent USF Order from the FCC, one of the key takeaways was a discussion between the FCC and engineering firms that are designing Fiber to the home networks. The position of the engineering firms was that the FTTH networks they are designing were more... Read More
by Jonathan Crawford | Mar 17, 2016
What does it take to understand a communications network? One of the best ways to connect complex concepts and physical systems is to create a model. In most modeling, a key trade-off is the precision of the model, versus the time spent creating the model. The... Read More
by Jonathan Crawford | Mar 8, 2016
Communications providers are ahead of their communities in addressing these risks, especially as they look at techniques like the NIST cybersecurity framework. When we look at the NIST cybersecurity framework we see a methodology with a number of components for... Read More
by Jonathan Crawford | Mar 3, 2016
In the first part of this series I discussed some of the challenges that emerge when investing in cybersecurity. I also touched a little on some benefits beyond risk reduction. In this section I want to highlight the broader communities served by communication... Read More
