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FTTH Council Calls for '100-Megabit Nation'

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LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., March 7, 2007 -- Underscoring the importance of higher bandwidth to America’s future competitiveness, the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council today urged the US Government to adopt a “100-Megabit Nation” policy aimed at ensuring that next-generation broadband connections are universally available by 2015. The announcement is in preparation of the council's annual  member meeting, to be held March 12-13 in Washington, where it will promote the proposal. Members will meet with Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) and other House and Senate members to express their views on key council issues, including accelerating the...Read full article

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    Published: March 2007
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    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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