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| Verizon Deploys Commercial 100G Ultra-Long-Haul Optical System on ... - Yahoo Finance Posted: 14 Dec 2009 05:26 AM PST PARIS, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday (Dec. 14) Verizon became the first telecommunications carrier to successfully deploy a commercial 100G (gigabits per second) ultra-long-haul optical system for live traffic. This system was deployed on the company's European optical core network between Paris and Frankfurt. The accomplishment marks the first time for deployment of ultra-long-haul 100G using a single channel on a production network. "This latest 100G-first gives Verizon the edge in meeting the growing bandwidth demands of our customers," said Mark Wegleitner, senior vice president of technology at Verizon. "By consolidating traffic onto one large pipe rather than several smaller ones, customers will benefit from increased network capacity, improved transmission quality and greater network efficiencies." Sterling Perrin, senior analyst with Heavy Reading, said, "Heavy Reading's worldwide operator surveys have consistently identified strong and immediate operator demand for 100G transport. The optical industry's challenge is to commercialize 100G as soon as possible while making it economically viable. Verizon's live 100G link, an industry-first, has implications well beyond the Verizon network. This marks a big step forward on the road to wide-scale 100G transport." Verizon is using Nortel's commercially available 100G solution to carry live Private IP traffic between Verizon's core routers over the 893-kilometer (555-mile) route without modifying the system. The 100G equipment enables Verizon to economically carry increasing amounts of IP backbone traffic when compared with an equivalent number of 10G links – the current speed for the majority of backbone traffic today. "Nortel is proud to have partnered with Verizon on this industry-first achievement," said Philippe Morin, president, Metro Ethernet Networks, Nortel. "The progression to 100G optical speeds is a critical next step for forward-looking service providers like Verizon. Nortel's unique 100G technology makes this evolution one that is painless to deploy while lowering total network costs." Verizon sent a true 100G signal by using the same spacing between wavelengths that is used for a single wavelength, demonstrating the company's drive to promote 100G in a serial fashion on just one information channel. The 100G transmission was conducted on a Verizon ultra-long-haul optical system carrying other live 10G wavelengths. By installing advanced optics and electronics on the existing network facilities, the upgrade to 100G was done easily and quickly. The objective is to implement a "plug and play" approach that avoids any changes to embedded network equipment and facilities. Bandwidth growth has accelerated as applications such as collaboration, security services, data file transfer and video on demand have gained wider acceptance. "Beyond these drivers, we see other applications coming, such as increased-pixel TV and three-dimensional video, that will continue to push the bandwidth curve, not only in the U.S., but around the world," said Wegleitner. Verizon has been an aggressive player in the 100G space, beginning in November 2007 when the company successfully completed the industry's first field trial of 100G optical traffic on a live system. Verizon followed with a second trial that extended the reach of the 100G signal to more than 1,000 kilometers -- the longest distance over field fiber at that time. In October 2008, the company proved that reliable signal quality could be achieved with 100G transmission. About Nortel Nortel Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) delivers communications solutions that help service providers and enterprises world wide meet the ever-growing demand for bandwidth and interconnectivity. Our innovative technologies improve efficiency and performance by simplifying networks and increasing their capacity. Our industry-leading adaptive optical solutions enable high-capacity 40G and 100G transmission over existing fiber without complex network reengineering, expensive overlays or added compensation equipment. Today, Nortel Metro Ethernet Networks solutions are deployed in more than 1,000 customer networks in over 65 countries. For more information, visit Nortel on the Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit www.nortel.com/news. About Verizon Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving more than 89 million customers nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers innovative, seamless business solutions to customers around the world. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of more than 230,000 and last year generated consolidated revenues of more than $97 billion. For more information, visit www.verizon.com. VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon's News Center on the World Wide Web at www.verizon.com/news. To receive news releases by e-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases. fivefilters.org featured article: Normalising the crime of the century by John Pilger |
| Verizon FiOS TV Adds HDNet and HDNet Movies to Its Industry-Leading ... - Providence Journal Posted: 14 Dec 2009 06:23 AM PST NEW YORK, Dec. 14 -- Verizon's FiOS TV customers can now enjoy even more high-definition programming, with the addition of HDNet and HDNet Movies to Verizon's industry-leading Video on Demand (VOD) service. "We continue to expand our massive VOD collection with more HD programming not offered by cable," said Terry Denson, vice president of content strategy and acquisition for Verizon. "With more than 20 hours of HD programming from HDNet and more than 25 free movies from HDNet Movies - every month - FiOS TV subscribers now have more entertainment than ever before right at their fingertips, any time they choose." Mark Cuban, chairman and co-founder of HDNet, said, "HDNet and Verizon FiOS are a winning HD combination. We offer all of our programming in true high definition, and when delivered over Verizon's all fiber-optic network, the pure HD picture-and-sound quality will just blow you away." HDNet and HDNet Movies are available on VOD to all FiOS TV subscribers with an HD set-top box. HDNet offers unique and provocative content, including blockbuster concerts, in-depth news from "Dan Rather Reports," exciting mixed martial arts events from around the globe from HDNet Fights, Ring of Honor Wrestling and the exotic travel locales of "Get Out!" Much of the HDNet content will be available on demand within 24 hours of its network premiere, and will be refreshed weekly. FiOS TV customers will also have access to more than 25 movies every month from HDNet Movies, which includes top performing, critically acclaimed feature films and box office hits. Films currently available include "Lost in Translation," "21 Grams," "Hoosiers," "Waterworld," "The Nutty Professor," "Darkman," "The Illusionist" and many more. HDNet and HDNet Movies join FiOS TV's extensive VOD offering of more than 18,000 monthly titles in every market, including more than 2,400 HD titles. FiOS TV customers can access on-demand content simply by pressing the "VOD" or "On Demand" button on their FiOS remote control, by using the menu on FiOS TV's Interactive Media Guide, or by selecting VOD channel 900. Verizon's FiOS TV service offers a broad collection of programming, with more than 500 all-digital channels, including more than 127 HD channels. FiOS also provides next-generation interactive services including an advanced interactive media guide; social TV, news and entertainment widgets; remote DVR management; multi-room DVR, and more. For more information about the many benefits of Verizon FiOS service, visit http://factsonfios.com/reasons.html. For the latest news, updates and information about FiOS TV, visit www.verizon.com/newscenter and http://www.verizon.com/athomeblog. About HDNet and HDNet Movies HDNet (www.hd.net, twitter.com/hdnet) is the independent network with unique and provocative content that appeals to men of all ages and is delivered in true high definition. HDNet is the exclusive, high definition home for popular, original programming, including television's only HD news feature programs "HDNet World Report," and the Emmy Award winning "Dan Rather Reports," featuring legendary journalist Dan Rather. HDNet presents championship sports coverage including more live Mixed Martial Arts events than any other network. HDNet's "Inside MMA" is the hottest Mixed Martial Arts program on television, giving MMA fans their weekly fix for everything MMA. HDNet also delivers the world's largest and most diverse concert line-up through the HDNet Concert Series, and revealing lifestyle programming featuring "Art Mann Presents," "New York Confessions," "Deadline" and "Get Out!" HDNet is also the exclusive high definition home to critically acclaimed and award winning documentaries as part of the InFocus series. "NASA on HDNet" presents all live shuttle launches through 2010. Only HDNet Movies (www.hdnetmovies.com, twitter.com/hdnetmovies) delivers exclusive Sneak Previews of new movies before they hit theaters. The HDNet Movies Sneak Preview series features top Hollywood stars in critically acclaimed performances including Gwyneth Paltrow, Joaquin Phoenix, Demi Moore, Michael Caine, Tom Hanks, Vera Farmiga, Parker Posey, Brian Cox, Matthew Broderick, Brittany Snow, Eric Bana, John Malkovich, Emily Blunt, Robin Williams, Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger. HDNet Movies offers subscribers a premium movie viewing experience in true HD, and more original movies shot entirely in HD than any other network. Launched in 2001 by Mark Cuban and General Manager Philip Garvin, the HDNet networks are available on AT&T, Charter Communications, Comcast, DIRECTV, DISH Network, Insight, Mediacom, Verizon FiOS TV and more than 40 NCTC cable affiliated companies. To receive HDNet information via email, simply go to www.hd.net/listpage. About Verizon Verizon Communications Inc. VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon's News Center on the World Wide Web at www.verizon.com/news. To receive news releases by e-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases. CONTACT: Heather Wilner, Verizon, +1-908-559-6407, Web site: http://www.verizon.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/094251.html fivefilters.org featured article: Normalising the crime of the century by John Pilger |
| Book sheds light on the darkness that inspired Patricia Highsmith’s ... - El Diário La Estrella Posted: 14 Dec 2009 05:33 AM PST She wrote a series of brilliantly imagined crime novels that were embraced by critics and readers throughout Europe. Prominent novelists such as Graham Greene and Gore Vidal counted themselves as fans. Directors like Alfred Hitchcock, René Clément and Wim Wenders transformed her work into acclaimed movies. Yet the Fort Worth-born author Patricia Highsmith never found literary celebrity in the United States, and certainly not in her native Texas. In the 1970s, booksellers in Fort Worth didn't know who she was. By the 1980s, many of her best novels were no longer in print. It was only after the 1999 release of Anthony Minghella's film version of The Talented Mr. Ripley — nearly four years after the author's death — that Highsmith began earning the attention she long deserved. The best thing about The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith, Joan Schenkar's ambitious, nearly 700-page new biography, is its determination to secure the novelist a place in the American literary pantheon. Delving into dozens of Highsmith's unpublished diaries and manuscripts, Schenkar paints a portrait of a fiercely obsessive novelist who lived to write, and wrote to live. She makes a strong case that Highsmith's work "is far stranger . . . far more obsessive and original and hallucinatory, than anything else in its immediate literary landscape." And yet, it's also hard not to feel as if the sheer volume of research materials finally overwhelmed Schenkar. As she leaps back and forth through time, inflates the importance of some events, and glosses over other significant ones, the elusive Highsmith — much like her most celebrated character, Tom Ripley — ultimately slips through the biographer's fingers. Schenkar establishes early on that she has little interest in crafting a just-the-facts biography; such an approach, she argues, would be untrue to the spirit of Highsmith's life. That means that the book opens in France in 1973, when Highsmith had already published more than a dozen volumes, before bouncing back to Texas, where she spent her first six years, then leaping forward again to Berlin in the 1970s, where she was a juror on the Berlin Film Festival, and so on and so forth. The biographer's strategy is often to tell a peculiar anecdote about Highsmith and have it illustrate a larger thesis: that the novelist's personal life was a deceitful hall of mirrors, filled with aliases and pseudonyms and paranoia and suspicion, not unlike something you'd find in one of her books. The result is a book much juicer and more readable than most literary biographies. But too often The Talented Miss Highsmith feels like it's straining. Schenkar, for example, tells a story about how Highsmith reluctantly granted an interview to a journalist in London after the Berlin Film Festival, only to become convinced in the succeeding weeks that he was a fraud. The story boils down to a slight miscommunication between Highsmith and the journalist, but for Schenkar it's an epic illustration of how the writer regarded herself as "an island of honesty in a sea of swindlers" and a "woman who always expected to be cheated." The other frustration with Schenkar's approach: She tends to give short shrift to Highsmith's work. Throughout The Talented Miss Highsmith, Schenkar illustrates how a number of real-life people and events eventually were absorbed into Highsmith's fiction. (One of her female lovers, for instance, was turned into a maniacal shrew in The Cry of the Owl, written shortly after the couple broke up.) But the details of how and when these books were written — the stuff that fans of a novelist are usually most eager to learn about — are scant and scattered. As a critical inquiry into her fiction, the biography also disappoints in comparison to Andrew Wilson's 2003 Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith. Reading The Talented Miss Highsmith, you get no real sense of Highsmith's crisp, modernist prose or her acute psychological insight, or how she transformed pulp into literature. Still, there is a good deal here to admire, including the way Schenkar illuminates Highsmith's tortured relationship with her mother, a woman who drank turpentine in a failed attempt to abort the unborn Highsmith and then tormented her daughter throughout her life. Besides, this biography is a terrific excuse to spend time inside the brain of Highsmith, whose best books, like Strangers on a Train, The Tremor of Forgery and Ripley Under Ground, are haunting explorations of ordinary man's capacity for extraordinary evil. If Schenkar introduces even a handful of new readers to Highsmith's still underappreciated oeuvre, she will have succeeded. The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith by Joan Schenkar St. Martin's Press,$40 Christopher Kelly is the Star-Telegram film critic, 817-390-7032fivefilters.org featured article: Normalising the crime of the century by John Pilger |
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