Specializing in the coverage of rural areas, the alternative operator Wibox centralizes its aspirations for materialize in the form of a set-top box called Revelation, compatible with ADSL, fiber optic, satellite and Wimax.
Netgem supports the manufacture of router modem and TV decoder his record, whose design is reminiscent of a device Toshiba signed, in this case that allows access from any TV connected to an interactive ecosystem .
The availability of an SDK (Software Development Kit - Software Development Kit) Linux glimpse the future availability of dedicated applications to pilot a range of content that will include forward a package of channels, video on the demand (VoD) and catch-up TV.
Comptabile IPv6 and VDSL2, Revelation features a HDMI port (1080p output), a double communication interface 802.11n Wi-Fi and Gigabit Ethernet and a USB port to house storage devices in NAS mode.
The appendix includes a decoder coupled to an antenna socket module DTT. No hard disk to the program, but a 2 GB flash memory that acts as a cache.
The possible optimization of the system by regulation of write cycles remains hypothetical. The potential lifespan of the whole suffers accordingly.
Subscription customers for over a year are eligible for free exchange of their old equipment. Subscribers whose seniority does not exceed 12 months will be eligible to transition, for a contribution of 50 euros.
While national operators favor the deployment of infrastructure in urban areas or moderately dense, WiMAX focuses on the progress of the forgotten, namely the remote villages and rural areas more generally.
In FY 2011, the French ISP, which will cover almost 150 groups of municipalities, claiming 82,000 new subscribers to its fiber offerings.
Its recent implementation in Côte-d'Or echoes its ubiquity in some departments such as Ain.
Specialized originally in wireless access based on WiMAX, Wibox launched in 2011 a triple play offer based fiber to the home (FTTH), under the aegis of its parent , Altitude Infrastructure, which operates networks of public initiatives (RIP).
Failing to have the funds to invest in their own network, so concerned are content to "collect" these RIPs that have deployed hundreds or even thousands, of FTTH taken on their territory.