Released on = April 19, 2006, 9:19 am

Press Release Author = Century Computing Support Services

Industry = Computers

Press Release Summary = Increased use of VoIP and IPTV are pushing up the demand for
capacity across the backbone of the Internet; forcing telcos globally to light up
their dark fibre.

Press Release Body = Not heard of dark fibre before? Back in the days of the dot
com boom, before the bubble burst; infrastructure providers and start-ups across the
globe were all spending millions laying fibre-optic cable to carry the huge amount
of data that would be needed for a new ecommerce based society. Banks and investors
where jumping over each other to throw money at the fibre laying companies and then
it suddenly all went quiet. The bubble had burst and the anticipated growth/demand
for capacity had not appeared.

For between 8 - 10 years a lot of these cables lay dormant under the sea bed and
underground across countries; not being used because there was no need. Now demand
has caught up, and in a big way. Using the Internet to make cheap and often free
calls globally (VoIP) as well as the emergence of television being broadcast on
demand via fibre-optic cable have caused these 'dark fibres' to be lit up.

Point Topic research firm "estimate that there were 209.3 million global broadband
users at the end of 2005, up 56.2 million from 153.3 million lines on 31 December
2004." Continued growth at this rate (37%) on a global basis will drive demand for
higher capacity lines and fuel rumours of more transpacific cable being laid by
telcos.
As reported by the register
(http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/19/global_broadband/) earlier today, In-Stat
predict the level of broadband users to have spiralled to 400 million by 2010.

Rob Green Managing Director at computer support company Century Computing noted that
"The use of VoIP by businesses is obviously helping to push the demand for more
capacity and we have experienced a huge increase in enquiries relating to IP CCTV
(CCTV carried via the Internet) and Video telephony/video conferencing applications
over the last couple of months."

It is essential that business users understand the need for a communication line
that has QOS (Quality Of Service) attached to it. This ensures that important data
like VoIP or video conferencing traffic is given precedence over less essential data
such as web surfing and email traffic.

Green commented that "We [Century Computing] are working closely with the top
communications line providers across the UK and Europe, to provide businesses with
scalable infrastructure which will support their needs as their communications
demands increase."
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Century Computing Support Services Ltd are a computer support company located within
the West Midlands; providing clients across the UK with hardware and software
support, both remotely and with onsite engineers.

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Contact Details = Rob Hopkins
Century Computing Support Services
Birmingham
UK
Tel: 0845 3313599
Fax: 0845 3313499
Rob@centurycomputing.co.uk