Thursday, August 11, 2011

Australia's NBN Details its Multicast Video Capabilities

Australia's NBN Co published more detail on the video capabilities of the nation's national fibre network and announced rebates for helping retail service providers to get up and running on its wholesale infrastructure.Plans call for a robust multicast video feature for carrying video content as a single stream as far into the network as possible before replicating this content for consumers. This multicast product feature aims to deliver backhaul...

MCNC's Golden Leaf Project Enters Phase 2

MCNC, the private, not-for-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), has begun construction on Round 2 of the of the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI). The Golden LEAF project is deploying fiber connections connecting universities, community colleges, schools, health and safety facilities, libraries, county offices, and other community anchor institutions to a statewide fiber optic network. The...