Cape Town – City of Fibre

jQuery(document).ready(function($) { window.setTimeout(‘loadFBShareMe_84()’,5000); }); function loadFBShareMe_84(){ jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $(‘.dd-fbshareme-84′).remove();$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_84′).attr(‘width’,’53′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_84′).attr(‘height’,’69′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_84′).attr(‘src’,'http://widgets.fbshare.me/files/fbshare.php?url=http://manypossibilities.net/2008/05/city-of-fibre/&size=large’); }); }Tweet

On Wednesday this week, the City of Cape Town made the final approval to launch its ground-breaking municipal Broadband Infrastructure Project. Over the next two years, the City of Cape Town will invest close to R300 million in creating a state of the art, [...]

Tinkerless or tinkermore?

jQuery(document).ready(function($) { window.setTimeout(‘loadFBShareMe_77()’,5000); }); function loadFBShareMe_77(){ jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $(‘.dd-fbshareme-77′).remove();$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_77′).attr(‘width’,’53′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_77′).attr(‘height’,’69′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_77′).attr(‘src’,'http://widgets.fbshare.me/files/fbshare.php?url=http://manypossibilities.net/2008/05/tinkerless-or-tinkermore/&size=large’); }); }Tweet

The Guardian this week published a review of Jonathan Zittrain’s book “The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It.” The journalist quotes Zittrain as saying

“unlike the internet itself, where creative chaos reigns, popular new devices such as the iPod and BlackBerry are [...]

How To Be Transparent in Fibre Optic Cable Deployment

jQuery(document).ready(function($) { window.setTimeout(‘loadFBShareMe_79()’,5000); }); function loadFBShareMe_79(){ jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $(‘.dd-fbshareme-79′).remove();$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_79′).attr(‘width’,’53′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_79′).attr(‘height’,’69′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_79′).attr(‘src’,'http://widgets.fbshare.me/files/fbshare.php?url=http://manypossibilities.net/2008/05/transparent-undersea-cables/&size=large’); }); }Tweet

Bill St. Arnaud points out that Pipe International, who are building an undersea cable from Sydney to Guam, have taken a completely transparent approach to communicating about project development and progress. Even to the point of having dynamic online maps of cable development.

Pipe International [...]