Lead Story:

Copper holds a tight bond

Emerging techniques provide interim step toward the fiber end game

By Sean Buckley

Just like Polident for dentures, a service provider's bond with copper continues to be tight.
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Business Case in Point:

NuVox layers on the apps

Ethernet over Copper becomes catalyst underlying infrastructure

By Sean Buckley

Ethernet over Copper may be the new rage to help bridge the fiber gap, and no doubt it certainly is, but for NuVox the more important idea is the services it enables.
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Network Partnering:

Cable focuses on expanding their national Ethernet reach

Despite the challenges partnerships are necessary to break regional strongholds

By Sean Buckley

Cable operators start to carve out their own Ethernet NNI (Network to Network Interconnection) agreements to get out of their regional islands.
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Q&A:

Carrier Ethernet searches for direction

Availability and service education are keys to growth

By Doug Allen

David Hold, a senior analyst in Business Network Services at Current Analysis, shares his thoughts on the challenges and opportunities for carrier Ethernet services with Telecommunications Senior Editor Doug Allen.
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Featured Audiocast:

NuVox fills the SMB gap

Leverages copper for wide host of growing application set

As NuVox sees it, the notion of delivering business class service is pretty simple: buy your bandwidth and layer your applications on top. Keith Coker, CTO of NuVox, discusses Ethernet over Copper and small business telecom service trends.

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