NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: JEFF CARUSO ON HIGH SPEED LANS 10/12/04 Today's focus: Fiber-optic deployment up in certain segments
Dear [EMAIL PROTECTED], In this issue: * Research firm expects resurgence in fiber optics this year * Links related to High Speed LANs * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by SBC Dialing for Dollars CRATE & BARREL'S VOIP MOVE NETS SAVINGS AND FLEXIBILITY An apples-to-apples comparison showed that a centralized, software-based, IP-based platform could provide significant cost savings and productivity benefits over a comparable, traditional PBX system. Download whitepaper now, click here http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=84635 _______________________________________________________________ SECURITY CONCERNS STOPPING YOUR WLAN PLANS? Is it possible to deploy a secure wireless LAN with technology available today? That question preys on the minds of IT executives who are tempted to deploy enterprise WLANs, but are hesitant because of security concerns. Find out what we uncovered when we assembled 23 wireless products trying to get to the answer. Click here: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=84749 _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: Fiber-optic deployment up in certain segments By Jeff Caruso A market research firm is predicting a sharp turnaround in the deployment of fiber optics this year after three years of declines. KMI Research, which specializes in fiber optics, recently said fiber deployment would rise 25%, from 8.9 million fiber kilometers in 2003 to 11.2 million this year. Last year it had fallen 17%. The firm noted that last year it had predicted a rise of 8% in deployments for 2004. A lot of this growth is happening not in the local area (the focus of this newsletter), but instead in wide-area and metropolitan-area deployments. Still, KMI expects a spike this year in campus and private network deployments of single-mode fiber, from 750,000 kilometers last year to 900,000 this year - and in 2005, KMI expects the number to drop back down to 700,000. Interestingly, multimode deployments are expected to go from 900,000 fiber kilometers last year to 775,000 this year. Utilities and state governments are driving some of the growth, as they go from 830,000 fiber kilometers in 2003 to 975,000 this year and possibly 1.2 million next year. The biggest segment, however, is the local exchange carriers (Bell and non-Bell), as fiber-to-the-premises projects really take hold. These deployments represented more than 3.1 million fiber kilometers in 2003 and are expected to rise to 4.6 million this year. Verizon currently has a big fiber deployment push under way and that no doubt has something to do with the increase. Independent local exchange carriers account for 44% of fiber demand this year; by 2007, KMI says, they will account for more like 60%. RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS KMI Research http://kmi.pennnet.com/ The multi-port NIC dilemma Network World, 10/11/04 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/101104infports.html _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Jeff Caruso Jeff Caruso is managing editor of online news for Network World. He oversees daily online news posting and newsletter editing, and writes the NetFlash daily news summary, the High-Speed LANs newsletter and the Voices of Networking newsletter. 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