Monthly Archives: June 2004

On Line Education

Posted on June 20, 2004 by Rob

Doing the research into how much data you can get down Fibre using DWDM (about 25,00gbps) I stumbled across this site; www.iec.org. I’ve spent about an hour now reading some of the tutorials and as you’d expect they’re very good.

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WDM & DWDM?

Posted on June 19, 2004 by Rob

I’ve recently been in quite a few meetings where the acronyms WDM and DWDM have been used. Now I know what WDM is wavelength division multiplexing, but I didn’t agree with them being swapped in and out as one is … Continue reading →

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Deal

Posted on June 16, 2004 by Rob

If you’ve been wondering where I’ve been, I’ve been helping out on a large deal (read over a billion dollars), I’m working on the contracts with 3 major telecoms providers within the UK. I’ve been working out of one of … Continue reading →

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Convergence in the wrong direction

Posted on June 8, 2004 by Rob

This story from The Register is interesting or the last sentence is, “It will help counter fears that Voice over IP calls are draining revenue away from fixed-line provider” The article suggests that Telco’s are thinking that, by converging mobile … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Mobility

Posted on June 7, 2004 by Rob

Russ Beattie has started the mother of all discussion over at his blog. He’s upto 40 comments already, that’s a number I’ve never seen before (i’m sure someone will point me at an even more commented upon post though ) … Continue reading →

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BT stuffing up NHS contract

Posted on June 4, 2004 by Rob

BT have today had to pay the NHS a six figure sum, for missing a couple of deadlines. Even though BT have had to stump up the cash, both sides report that everything is rosy. Yeah I bet, BT are … Continue reading →

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New Treo firmware

Posted on June 3, 2004 by Rob

Just running the through the process of upgrading the firmware on my Treo 600. Fingers crossed it all goes to plan, upgrading firmware is an operation that always gives me goosebumps. If you’ve got a Treo 600 on Orange you … Continue reading →

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VNO cont.

Posted on June 3, 2004 by Rob

Broadwatch backs up my points about the likes of the VNO’s trying to steal a march on the big hitters in the industry. But while Muirhead is optimistic that the Nexagent approach of flexible, multisourced VPNs suits all parties, the … Continue reading →

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Chorley FM

Posted on June 2, 2004 by Rob

I’ve bought an FM broadcast USB device today via eBay (cheers Russ!), of course I won’t be swtiching it on, it’s just a large paper weight. But if it were to work it’ll allow me to broadcast the 5gb’s of … Continue reading →

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Get a Grip!

Posted on June 1, 2004 by Rob

I totally, agree with Robert Hamilton here (MMS to Landlines)…MMS isn’t exactly causing the cash tills to overflow. Do they seriously expect us all to go out and buy new (proably v.expensive with colour displays)fixed line phones? Most people using … Continue reading →

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