Gfast News

DURHAM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, announced today it will be hosting a multi-vendor G.fast interoperability demo in the Broadband Forum Interoperability Pavilion at the upcoming Broadband World Forum (BBWF), October 18 - 20, 2016 held at the ExCeL Convention Centre, Royal Victoria Dock, London. An industry first, the demonstration showcases interoperability between products from six companies based on chipsets...

The new broadband technology being championed by BT is a cost-effective way of delivering fast internet speeds, an expert has said. Lincoln Lavoie said fibre broadband is a futureproof long-term solution but comes “at a huge cost”. He said G.fast, which uses a combination of fibre cables and existing copper wires, is a “great solution” that can make the most of the UK’s current infrastructure.

G.fast is currently being trialled by BT customers in Gosforth, Newcastle, and Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire,...

DURHAM, N.H. & LONDON - The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, today announced at the Broadband World Forum extensive support for the ultra-fast broadband standard, G.fast, including an ongoing G.fast Certification Beta Program prior to the official program launch in 2016, a growing G.fast Consortium, one of the first public demonstrations of G.fast interoperability to deliver 4K Ultra HD TV, and an upcoming seventh G.fast plugfest in November.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, June 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Support for the implementation of the G.fast standard continues to accelerate, as the Broadband Forum has completed the industry's first G.fast equipment plugfest, part of its ongoing program preparing for widespread G.fast certification.

The event, held in early June at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory's (UNH-IOL) facilities in Durham, New Hampshire, was designed to give equipment manufacturers developing remote Distribution Point Units (DPUs) and Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs) an...