November 18, 2010 Leave a comment
Next time you are sitting at one of those cute café in Georgetown or your cozy apartments in Dupont Circle surfing the Net or making a VoIP call to your family back home or getting the News about other countries, here are some photos to remind you of the hell the technologists and engineers like myself had to go through to make that happen. Read more of this post
March 17, 2010 9 Comments
by Elias Shams
They all want to get us on high-speed broadband. One for profit, I shall call it the wireless company, “Clear”. One for believing access to high-speed broadband is a necessity these days and not a luxury anymore, I shall call it “our President”. And, one for God knows why, I shall call it “Google”. The good News is more corners of the country will have high-speed Internet access, existing connections would become much faster, and we will be cruising the Web with 100 Mbps 
The Federal Communications Commission just delivered its long-awaited National Broadband Plan to Congress yesterday, with the goal of creating a nationwide communications network connecting more than 90% of U.S. households. You can review part of the 376-page plan here and here. They are both in pdf. read more…
February 3, 2010 1 Comment
by Elias Shams
As more companies like Northrop Grumman Corp and Hilton Hotels Corp moving their headquarters to DC, the region is adding more Optical Network to meet the demand for bandwidth. Way to go Washington!
There will be an additional 100-mile Fiber Optic network linking Baltimore to DC to extend the existing optical backbone past the downtown business district. The $100 Million network which was awarded to FiberLight last week, will connect the growing cities of Laurel, Columbia, Elkridge and Greenbelt, while providing greater diversity to the Maryland, DC, and Virginia regions. The new link is on top of the existing 123-mile Baltimore network and 300-mile Virginia and DC network. Read more…
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