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Will FTS 2001 unravel?
When the General Services Administration created the FTS 2001 contract in 1996, it did more than launch a simple contract for federal agencies it ushered in a new era of how the government buys telecommunications.
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FCC signals concern for safety
Ultrawideband technology may operate unlicensed, but the FCC will ensure that safety services, such as the Global Positioning System, are protected from interference
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Bloomington lays 'digital underground'
The city announces a plan to equip the area with a fiber-optic network in hopes of luring industry to town while keeping the city's streets as smooth as possible
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Navy intranet hits money snag
The Navy can't afford to pay for its plan to build a Navy/Marine Corps Intranet without sacrificing funds earmarked for critical operations, senior navy commanders said
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Navy intranet plan runs aground
Language in the 2001 Defense authorization bill would withhold money for the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet until the Navy can produce studies and contractual assurances to Congress
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Washington connects all public schools
The $55 million network links schools from kindergarten to graduate school with high speed Internet access
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Qwest unifies management platform
A new World Wide Webbased network management platform is promising government telcommunications and network managers the opportunity to run their network administration and billing operations with the simplicity of online banking.
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Quality of service
Gigabit Ethernet offers builtin qualityofservice mechanisms that help ensure that the most important data is delivered first. QOS improves network service quality by providing different data service levels by data type.
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Fast nets for the rank and file
Army leads move to install Gigabit Ethernet technology for general office applications
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Foundry packs more power
Foundry Networks Inc. recently introduced three new highend products with the goal of increasing the performance and manageability of busy data networks.
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Copper makes a comeback
Gigabit Ethernet is usually run over fiberoptic backbones, which can cover greater distances than copper ones, but Gigabit Ethernet over copper or a combination of copper and fiber is becoming a more popular option.
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Telecommuting incentive sought
A Virginia congressman has asked the president to sign a new executive order to expand the use of telecommuting for federal workers in the Washington, D.C., area
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Congress puts brakes on Navy intranet
The Senate Armed Services Committee today plans to introduce an amendment to the fiscal 2001 Defense authorization bill that may fundamentally alter the Navy's plan for its $16 billion Navy/Marine Corps Intranet program, FCW has learned
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Qwest offers Web-based management
Qwest Communications International Inc. has unveiled a unified set of Webbased tools to manage nearly all of their telecommunications services
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MCI, Sprint juice up FTS 2001
In hopes of enticing agencies to transition to FTS 2001, Sprint and MCI WorldCom have added several cutting-edge services to the General Services Administration's telecommunications contract.
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The Need for Speed
Broadband service is a category of telecommunications technology that provides multiple channels of data via a single communications medium, typically through some form of frequency or wave division multiplexing.
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