Telecom Ramblings

We get a lot of PR about 40G and 100G developments and the other next generation technologies like packet-optical systems, but PR does tend to be rather one-sided by its very nature.  What would really help is some independent data to give us a more realistic idea of how badly the industry needs these technologies, when they expect to get it, and how they expect to deploy it.  As it happens, Infonetics is currently running a survey looking into actual carrier plans for deploying such technologies.  Qualified participants will get a copy of the report in exchange for sharing their thoughts.  We can’t let the ILECs and PTTs have all the fun now can we?  So to the movers and shakers in the competitive telecom world who read this site (yes there are some), here’s a heads up if you want to make your voice heard.  The survey can be found here.