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Wednesday, 26 August 2009 17:08 |
The top people from the telcos come, so the top people from the companies follow and that virtuous circle brings makes this the best fiber and DSL show of the year. IEC plays it straight, looking for good speakers rather than overloading the sessions with sales pitches, although some of that is unavoidable. Some highlights:
- Fiber: Will it be GPON or GEPON? Ask Niel Ransom, now Chairman of GEPON chipmaker Teknovus. As CTO of Alcatel, he led the effort for GPON that dominates the West. Then check out the active Ethernet Xavier Niel is running through the sewers of Paris, possibly a better choice than either.
- Powerline Home Networks: Europeans are happy woth powerline distribution of HD TV, but Rob Ranck's results should be a revelation for North America.
- Open Networks, APIs, and Web 2.0: Stephan Hadinger of Orange is leading this one
- Feeling impish? Ask Phil Winterbottom whether Plan 9 is influencing his choices as CTO at Ericsson. Ask Didier Lombard, CEO of France Telecom, whether he's putting his company's investment in France or Africa. Question Simon Saunders of the Femto Forum about when the tech problems will be solved and major carriers deploying millions. (Might be soon.) Jeremy Steventon-Barnes at BT might explain the serious delays in 21CN, which on paper was one of the best networks in the world. Don Bowman of Sandvine won't want to explain why DSL and cablecos in North America are cutting back on traffic management, but fortunately Sandvine products have many other uses and the wireless guys love them.
Please say hello to the round fellow with a beard. Wednesday, September 2, the irrepressible Jennie Bourne and I will arrive in Paris, and hope to meet many of you. From Wednesday dinner through Sunday, we are unscheduled. Monday until Wednesday dinner I'll be at IEC's Broadband World Forum, always one of the best events of the year, and meeting with the ASSIA folk, who are bringing me over. Thursday September 10 is also free, although Jennie will have flown back to teach her NYU class. I hope to visit the Paris sewers to see the fiber and some labs. I'd love to make make other meetings happen at parks, galleries, or the like rather than the usual offices.
See you there?
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